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Asia Cup 2018: Interesting facts about the tournament

Asia Cup 2018 is set to start from Saturday with Bangladesh going up against Sri Lanka in Dubai in the principal installation of the competition. This year, the verifiable competition will see the support of six countries. The countries with Test status – India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan got an immediate section into the competition, while Hong Kong, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Singapore, and UAE needed to contend in the qualifiers for the staying one spot, in which Hong Kong developed triumphant.

Asia Cup 2018: Interesting facts about the tournament

Considering the debilitating two-month long England visit, India rested captain Virat Kohli and gave the charge to Rohit Sharma. India will start their battle against Hong Kong on Tuesday. Despite the fact that Hong Kong has not yet gotten an ODI status by the ICC, the match will even now be considered as an official One-Day International, according to an ongoing decision by the cricket board.

So Here Is The Interesting Fact About The Famous Tournament Asia Cup

The principal Asia Cup was held in 1984 in Sharjah in the UAE. Just three nations partook in the competition at the time – India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. It began off as a round-robin competition, and the country with most triumphs has pronounced the champ. The competition was sorted out by the at that point, recently shaped Asian Cricket Council. Indian group driven by Sunil Gavaskar lifted the debut trophy as they crushed by Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
India hauled out of the second release of the competition in 1986, held in Sri Lanka, because of acrid cricketing relations with the host country. Bangladesh was incorporated into the competition. Sri Lanka crushed Pakistan in the last to secure the trophy.
In 1988, the third Asia Cup was held in Bangladesh – the first run through a multi-country competition was held in the nation. India vanquished Sri Lanka in the last to lift their second trophy.
India's solitary 5-wicket Hall in the Asia Cup occurred in 1998 against Pakistan in an unquestionable requirement win amusement in Dhaka. It was the right-arm off-break bowler, Arshad Ayub, who accomplished the development. He enrolled figures of 21/5 to give India the triumph. It was likewise the initial 5-wicket pull in the Asia Cup.
In 1990, Pakistan hauled out of the competition, which was held in India, because of stressed political strains with the nation. India held the trophy subsequent to overcoming Sri Lanka in the last.
In 1993, the stressed relations among India and Pakistan prompted the scratch-off of the competition completely.
In 1995, the fifth release of the Asia Cup was held in Sharjah. India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, all completed with same focuses in the round robin stage and India and Sri Lanka achieved the last on a superior net run rate. India lifted the trophy.
In 1997, Sri Lanka lifted the trophy in the wake of vanquishing India in the last at home.
In 2000, India neglected to achieve the last of the Asia Cup out of the blue. The competition, which was held in Bangladesh, saw Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win the trophy.
In 2004, there was an adjustment in the configuration of the Asia Cup, with Hong Kong and UAE, entering the shred. Out of the blue, the opposition was partitioned into three phases – the Group Stage, Super Fours and Final. Sri Lanka crushed India to lift the trophy.
In 2008, India headed out to Pakistan for the Asia Cup and achieved the last. In any case, Sri Lanka vanquished India in the last to secure the trophy, with the assistance of Ajantha Mendis, who enrolled the rocking the bowling alley figures of 6/13. It is likewise the best knocking down some pins figures ever of competition.
India won the 2010 Asia Cup, they're first in 15 years, subsequent to overcoming Sri Lanka. Just four Test-playing countries – India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh partook.
Virender Sehwag holds the record for enlisting the best knocking down some pins strike rate in the historical backdrop of Asia Cup. He accomplished the record in a 2010 match against Bangladesh, in which he enrolled figures of 6/4 out of 2.5 overs.
In 2012, Pakistan lifted their second Asia Cup, subsequent to securing an exciting last over triumph over Bangladesh in the last by 2 runs.
Virat Kohli's most noteworthy ODI score of 183 came against Pakistan in the 2012 Asia Cup. India figured out how to pursue down the objective of 330 set by the rivals on the back of his innings, in a match that saw exactly tense minutes between the players in the last couple of minutes of the match. It is additionally the most elevated ODI add up to in the historical backdrop of Asia Cup
In 2014, Afghanistan entered the shred without precedent for the Asia Cup. The competition, which was held in Dhaka, saw Sri Lanka overcoming Pakistan in the last to win the trophy.
In 2015, ICC cut back Asian Cricket Council and chose that the Asia Cup competitions will be played on turn premise in ODI and T20I design.
In 2016, the Asia Cup competition was held in the T20 arrange out of the blue. India crushed Bangladesh to win the trophy in Dhaka.
Sanath Jayasuriya is the main run scorer in the historical backdrop of Asia Cup with 1,220 ODI runs
Muttiah Muralitharan is the main wicket-taker in the historical backdrop of Asia Cup with 30 wickets
India has won the Asia Cup most extreme occasions (6), trailed by Sri Lanka (5) and Pakistan (2).
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has the best normal (95.16) in the Asia Cup.
No Indian batsmen have ever been expelled for a duck in the Asia Cup in the ODI organize. The record, however, was broken in the T20 design. Sri Lanka holds the record for most ducks (17), trailed by Bangladesh (11) and Pakistan (9) in the ODIs.