2023 Asia Cup

2023 Asia Cup
Dates30 August – 17 September 2023
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Group round-robin and playoffs
Host(s) Pakistan
 Sri Lanka
Champions India (8th title)
Runners-up Sri Lanka
Participants6
Matches13
Player of the seriesIndia Kuldeep Yadav
Most runsIndia Shubman Gill (302)
Most wicketsSri Lanka Matheesha Pathirana (11)
2022
2025

The 2023 Asia Cup (also known as Super 11 Asia Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th edition of the men's Asia Cup cricket tournament. The matches were played as One Day Internationals (ODIs) with Pakistan and Sri Lanka as the co-hosts for select matches involving India. It was held in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, between 30 August to 17 September 2023. The tournament was contested by 6 teams. Sri Lanka were the defending champions. It was the first Asia Cup to be held in multiple countries, with four matches being played in Pakistan and the remaining nine matches being played in Sri Lanka.

The five full members of the Asian Cricket Council were part of the tournament: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. They were joined by Nepal, who qualified by winning the 2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup. For the first time, the tournament was held in a "hybrid format" with the games organised in two countries. All teams played at least a few games in Pakistan, except for India, who refused to travel to Pakistan due to disapproval from the Indian government. In January 2023, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced the pathway structure and calendar for 2023 and 2024, where they confirmed the dates and format of the tournament. Originally, the tournament was scheduled to take place in 2021, but was postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fixtures for the tournament were announced on 19 July 2023. India defeated Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the final to win their eighth Asia Cup title; with a record number of balls remaining (263).

Background

In June 2020, following a meeting with the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said they would be willing to let Sri Lanka host the 2020 Asia Cup, with India unwilling to travel to Pakistan. The ACC issued a press release following the meeting stating that "in light of the impact and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, possible venue options for the Asia Cup 2020 were discussed and it was decided to take the final decision in due course". In July 2020, an official announcement of the postponement was made by the ACC. The 2020 edition was rescheduled to take place in Sri Lanka in June 2021.

In March 2021, the tournament was at risk of a further postponement after India qualified for the final of the World Test Championship, which clashed with the proposed dates in June. The tournament was postponed once again to 2023. In May 2021, the ACC announced that the 2021 tournament would be deferred to 2023, citing that it would be difficult to schedule the tournament due to the continued impact of COVID-19 on the scheduling of other cricket events. Pakistan was scheduled to host the 2022 Asia Cup after retaining the rights to host the 2022 edition. However, in October 2021, following a meeting with the ACC, Ramiz Raja confirmed that Pakistan would host the tournament in 2023, with Sri Lanka hosting the 2022 edition.

In October 2022, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary and ACC President Jay Shah announced that India would not travel to Pakistan, citing security concerns, and that the Asia Cup 2023 would take place in a neutral venue. In December 2022, the then PCB chairman Ramiz Raja said that Pakistan might consider pulling out of the tournament if their hosting rights were withdrawn because of India's unwillingness to travel to Pakistan. However, in January 2023, ACC confirmed the teams and groups of the tournament, with both India and Pakistan taking part.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had threatened to boycott the 2023 Cricket World Cup if the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) refused to send a team to the 2023 Asia Cup scheduled in Pakistan. In March 2023, it was proposed that Pakistan remain as hosts and that all India matches - including at least two India-Pakistan contests - would be played at a neutral venue yet to be confirmed. The hybrid model proposed by Pakistan was rejected by Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. In response, PCB Chairman Najam Sethi proposed two options. The first option was that India play all their matches at a neutral venue with Pakistan hosting the rest of the teams. The second option was that four matches in the group stage take place in Pakistan whereas the second phase, in which matches played by the Indian team followed by the next stage matches including the final, be played at a neutral venue. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh agreed to the second option.

On 15 June 2023, the Asian Cricket Council announced that the tournament would be organized in a hybrid model with four matches being held in Pakistan, and the remaining nine in Sri Lanka.

Format

The groups and format of the tournament were announced on 9 January 2023, with the six teams split into two groups of three. A total of 13 matches will be played, which includes six league matches, six Super 4 matches, and a final. India, Pakistan and Nepal, champions of the qualifier event (2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup), were placed in Group A, while the defending champions Sri Lanka was grouped with Bangladesh and Afghanistan in Group B. The top two teams from each of the groups will progress to the Super 4. From there, the top two teams will play each other in the final.

Pakistan and India were seeded as A1 & A2, and Bangladesh and Sri Lanka were seeded as B2 & B1. In case Nepal and Afghanistan qualify for the Super Four stage, they will take the slot of the team knocked out (Pakistan or India in Group A and Sri Lanka or Bangladesh in Group B).

Teams and qualification

 Qualified for Asia Cup as full members
 Qualified through 2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup
 Failed to qualify

The five full members of the Asian Cricket Council qualified automatically for the tournament while Nepal qualified for the main tournament for the first time through 2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup, was held in April/May 2023 in Nepal, defeating UAE in the final.

Means of qualification Date Host Berths Qualified
ICC Full Member None 5

 Afghanistan
 Bangladesh
 India
 Pakistan
 Sri Lanka

2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup 18 April — 2 May 2023 Nepal Nepal 1

   Nepal

Squads

 Afghanistan  Bangladesh  India    Nepal  Pakistan  Sri Lanka

Ahead of the tournament, Ebadot Hossain was ruled out of Bangladesh's squad due to an injury and was replaced by Tanzim Hasan Sakib. Saud Shakeel was added to Pakistan's squad, with Tayyab Tahir moved into the reserves. Sanju Samson was added to India's squad as reserves. Initially, on 30 August 2023, Liton Das was ruled out from Bangladesh's squad for the entire tournament with a viral fever, with Anamul Haque named as his replacement. However after missing out Bangladesh's initial two matches, Das joined the squad after he was declared fit on 2 September 2023. On 5 September 2023, Najmul Hossain Shanto was ruled out of Bangladesh squad for rest of the tournament after he sustained a hamstring injury during their Group Stage match against Afghanistan. On 13 September Naseem Shah was ruled out of Pakistan squad for rest of the tournament after he sustained a shoulder injury during their Super Four match against India. On 16 September Axar Patel was ruled out of India squad for the Asia Cup Final after he sustained multiple injuries during their Super Four match against Bangladesh, he was replaced by Washington Sundar Ahead of the final, Maheesh Theekshana was ruled out of Sri Lanka's squad due to sustaining hamstring injury and was replaced by Sahan Arachchige.

Venues

Pakistan Pakistan

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

Lahore Multan Colombo Kandy
Gaddafi Stadium Multan Cricket Stadium R. Premadasa Stadium Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 35,000
Matches: 3 Matches: 1 Matches: 6 Matches: 3

Match officials

International Cricket Council (ICC) and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) jointly appointed the following match officials for the tournament.

Match referees

Umpires

Group stage

Group A

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1  Pakistan (H) 2 1 0 0 1 3 4.760
2  India 2 1 0 0 1 3 1.028
3    Nepal 2 0 2 0 0 0 −3.572
Source: ESPNcricinfo
(H) Host

Advances to Super Four


Fixtures

30 August 2023
14:30 (PST) (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
342/6 (50 overs)
v
   Nepal
104 (23.4 overs)
Babar Azam 151 (131)
Sompal Kami 2/85 (10 overs)
Sompal Kami 28 (46)
Shadab Khan 4/27 (6.4 overs)
Pakistan won by 238 runs
Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Babar Azam (Pak)

2 September 2023
15:00 (SLST) (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
266 (48.5 overs)
v
Hardik Pandya 87 (90)
Shaheen Afridi 4/35 (10 overs)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rain prevented any further play.
  • As a result of this match, Pakistan qualified for the Super Four.

4 September 2023
15:00 (SLST) (D/N)
Scorecard
Nepal   
230 (48.2 overs)
v
 India
147/0 (20.1 overs)
Aasif Sheikh 58 (97)
Ravindra Jadeja 3/40 (10 overs)
Rohit Sharma 74* (59)
India won by 10 wickets (DLS method)
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Umpires: Paul Wilson (Aus) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL)
Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • India were set a revised target of 145 runs from 23 overs due to rain.
  • This was the first time India and Nepal faced each other in ODIs.
  • As the result of this match, India qualified for the Super Four and Nepal were eliminated.

Group B

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1  Sri Lanka (H) 2 2 0 0 0 4 0.594
2  Bangladesh 2 1 1 0 0 2 0.373
3  Afghanistan 2 0 2 0 0 0 −0.910
Source: ESPNcricinfo
(H) Host

Advances to Super Four


Fixtures

31 August 2023
15:00 (SLST) (D/N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
164 (42.4 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
165/5 (39 overs)
Najmul Hossain Shanto 89 (122)
Matheesha Pathirana 4/32 (7.4 overs)
Charith Asalanka 62* (92)
Shakib Al Hasan 2/29 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Paul Wilson (Aus)
Player of the match: Matheesha Pathirana (SL)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Tanzid Hasan (Ban) made his ODI debut.

3 September 2023
14:30 (PST) (D/N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
334/5 (50 overs)
v
 Afghanistan
245 (44.3 overs)
Mehidy Hasan 112* (119)
Gulbadin Naib 1/58 (8 overs)
Ibrahim Zadran 75 (74)
Taskin Ahmed 4/44 (8.3 overs)
Bangladesh won by 89 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Langton Rusere (Zim)
Player of the match: Mehidy Hasan (Ban)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Shamim Hossain (Ban) made his ODI debut.
  • Afghanistan played their first-ever international cricket match in Pakistan.
  • Mehidy Hasan (Ban) scored his 1000th runs in ODIs.
  • 579 runs were scored in two innings of the match, which is the highest match aggregates involving Bangladesh and Afghanistan in ODIs.
  • As a result of this match, Bangladesh qualified for the Super Four.

5 September 2023
14:30 (PST) (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
291/8 (50 overs)
v
 Afghanistan
289 (37.4 overs)
Kusal Mendis 92 (84)
Gulbadin Naib 4/60 (10 overs)
Mohammad Nabi 65 (32)
Kasun Rajitha 4/79 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 2 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
Player of the match: Kusal Mendis (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Mohammad Nabi (Afg) scored fastest fifty (24 balls) for Afghanistan in ODIs.
  • As the result of this match, Sri Lanka qualified for the Super Four and Afghanistan were eliminated.

Super Four

As tournament organisers, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced that 11 September would be a reserve day for the Super Four clash between India and Pakistan. If the reserve day is triggered, the match will continue on 11 September from the point it was suspended.

India became the first team to qualify for the final after they beat Sri Lanka by 41 runs on 12 September. They made the tournament's final for the tenth time. Two days later, Sri Lanka made their 12th final, 11th in the ODI format of the tournament, after they defeated Pakistan by two wickets in a rain-disrupted match.

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1  India 3 2 1 0 4 1.759
2  Sri Lanka 3 2 1 0 4 −0.134
3  Bangladesh 3 1 2 0 2 −0.469
4  Pakistan 3 1 2 0 2 −1.283
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Advanced to the Final

Fixtures

6 September 2023
14:30 (PST) (D/N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
193 (38.4 overs)
v
 Pakistan
194/3 (39.3 overs)
Mushfiqur Rahim 64 (87)
Haris Rauf 4/19 (6 overs)
Imam-ul-Haq 78 (84)
Shoriful Islam 1/24 (8 overs)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Langton Rusere (Zim)
Player of the match: Haris Rauf (Pak)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Haris Rauf (Pak) took his 50th wicket in ODIs.

9 September 2023
15:00 (SLST) (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
257/9 (50 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
236 (48.1 overs)
Sadeera Samarawickrama 93 (72)
Hasan Mahmud 3/57 (9 overs)
Towhid Hridoy 82 (97)
Dasun Shanaka 3/28 (9 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 21 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Paul Wilson (Aus)
Player of the match: Sadeera Samarawickrama (SL)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
  • * As the result of this match, Bangladesh were eliminated.

10–11 September 2023
15:00 (SLST) (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
356/2 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
128 (32 overs)
Virat Kohli 122* (94)
Shadab Khan 1/71 (10 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 27 (50)
Kuldeep Yadav 5/25 (8 overs)
India won by 228 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL)
Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Virat Kohli (Ind) scored his 13,000th run in ODIs.
  • K. L. Rahul (Ind) scored his 2,000th run in ODIs.
  • Virat Kohli scored quickest 13000 runs in terms of innings (267).
  • Virat Kohli and K.L. Rahul scored the highest partnership for any wicket against Pakistan in ODI.
  • India equalled its highest score vs Pakistan in ODIs. This was also the joint highest score in ODIs between the two sides.
  • This was India's largest victory in terms of runs in ODI against Pakistan.

12 September 2023
15:00 (SLST) (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
213 (49.1 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
172 (41.3 overs)
Rohit Sharma 53 (48)
Dunith Wellalage 5/40 (10 overs)
Dunith Wellalage 42* (46)
Kuldeep Yadav 4/43 (9.3 overs)
India won by 41 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Dunith Wellalage (SL)

14 September 2023
15:00 (SLST) (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
252/7 (42 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
252/8 (42 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 86* (73)
Matheesha Pathirana 3/65 (8 overs)
Kusal Mendis 91 (87)
Iftikhar Ahmed 3/50 (8 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets (DLS method)
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Langton Rusere (Zim)
Player of the match: Kusal Mendis (SL)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was reduced to 42 overs per side.
  • Sri Lanka were set a revised target of 252 runs due to rain.
  • Zaman Khan (Pak) made his ODI debut.
  • As a result of this match, Sri Lanka qualified for the final and Pakistan were eliminated.

15 September 2023
15:00 (SLST) (D/N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
265/8 (50 overs)
v
 India
259 (49.5 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 80 (85)
Shardul Thakur 3/65 (10 overs)
Shubman Gill 121 (133)
Mustafizur Rahman 3/50 (8 overs)
Bangladesh won by 6 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)

Final

17 September 2023
15:00 (SLST) (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
50 (15.2 overs)
v
 India
51/0 (6.1 overs)
Kusal Mendis 17 (34)
Mohammed Siraj 6/21 (7 overs)
Shubman Gill 27* (19)
India won by 10 wickets
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg)
Player of the match: Mohammed Siraj (Ind)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rohit Sharma (Ind) played his 250th ODI.
  • Mohammed Siraj (Ind) became the second quickest bowler to reach 50 ODI wickets in terms of balls bowled (1,002). He picked his first five-wicket haul in ODIs, which was the joint quickest in terms of balls bowled (16). He also claimed four wickets in an over, the first India bowler to do so in ODIs.
  • Sri Lanka's 50 was their second lowest total in ODIs, and the lowest by any team in Asia Cup tournaments, below Bangladesh's 87 in 2000. It was also their shortest completed innings in ODIs in terms of balls faced (92), and fifth overall.
  • This was India's highest margin of victory in ODIs, in terms of balls remaining (263).

Statistics

Most runs

The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the tournament are included in this table.

Player Runs Innings NO Average SR HS 100 50 4s 6s
India Shubman Gill 302 6 2 75.50 93.49 121 1 2 35 6
Sri Lanka Kusal Mendis 270 6 0 45.00 85.71 92 0 3 27 5
Sri Lanka Sadeera Samarawickrama 215 6 0 35.83 89.21 93 0 2 19 2
Pakistan Babar Azam 207 4 0 51.75 97.64 151 1 0 20 4
Pakistan Mohammad Rizwan 195 4 2 97.50 94.20 86* 0 2 19 3

Most wickets

The top seven wicket-takers in the tournament are included in this table.

Player Wickets Innings Runs Overs BBI Econ. Ave. 5WI
Sri Lanka Matheesha Pathirana 11 6 270 40.5 4/32 6.61 24.54 0
India Mohammed Siraj 10 4 122 26.2 6/21 4.63 12.20 1
Sri Lanka Dunith Wellalage 6 179 42.0 5/40 4.26 17.90 1
Pakistan Shaheen Afridi 5 235 41.00 4/35 5.73 23.50 0
India Kuldeep Yadav 9 4 103 28.3 5/25 3.61 11.44 1
Pakistan Haris Rauf 4 120 25.00 4/19 4.80 13.33 0
Bangladesh Taskin Ahmed 4 172 33.3 4/44 5.13 19.11 0

Broadcasting

This is the list of channels for the Indian subcontinent only.[citation needed]

Territory Rights holder(s)
Afghanistan Ariana Television Network
Bangladesh Gazi TV
BTV National
India Star Sports
Nepal Star Sports
Pakistan PTV Sports
Ten Sports
Sri Lanka TV 1

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