1997 Asia Cup

1997 Asia Cup

Infobox cricket tournament
name = 1997 Asia Cup


imagesize = 100px
caption =
administrator = Asian Cricket Council
cricket format = One-Day International
tournament format = Round Robin and Knockout
host = cr|SRI
champions = cr|SRI
Defending Champions = cr|IND
count = 2nd
participants = 4
matches = 7
attendance =
player of the series = flagicon|SRI Arjuna Ranatunga
most runs = flagicon|SRI Arjuna Ranatunga 272
most wickets = flagicon|IND Venkatesh Prasad 7

The 1997 Asia Cup (also known as the Pepsi Asia Cup 1997), was the sixth Asia Cup tournament, and the second to be held in Sri Lanka. The tournament took place between July 14 - 26 1997. Four teams took part in the tournament: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

The 1997 Asia Cup was a round-robin tournament where each team played the other once, and the top two teams qualifying for a place in the final. India and Sri Lanka qualified for the final where Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets to win its second Asia Cup and ending India's three consecutive championship run.

References

* Cricket Archive: Pepsi Asia Cup 1997 [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/SL/1997_SL_Pepsi_Asia_Cup_1997.html]
* CricInfo: Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, Jul 1997 [http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/OD_TOURNEYS/ASIA/]


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