The 1990–91 Asia Cup was the fourth Asia Cup tournament, and was held in India between 25 December 1990, and 4 January 1991. Three teams took part in the tournament: India, Sri Lanka and Asian leading associate member Bangladesh. Pakistan had pulled out of the tournament due to strained political relations with India.

1990–91 Asia Cup
Dates25 December 1990 – 4 January 1991
AdministratorAsian Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament formatRound-robin
HostIndia
Champions India (3rd title)
Runners-up Sri Lanka
Participants3
Matches4
Player of the seriesNot awarded
Most runsSri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga (166)
Most wicketsIndia Kapil Dev (9)
1988
1995

The 1990–91 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 in which India beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets to win its second consecutive (and third in total) Asia Cup.

Squads

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Venues

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Kolkata Cuttack Chandigarh
Eden Gardens Barabati Stadium Sector 16 Stadium
Capacity: 67,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 30,000
1990–91 Asia Cup (India)

Matches

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Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Sri Lanka 2 2 0 0 8 4.908 Advanced to the Final
2  India (H) 2 1 1 0 4 4.222
3  Bangladesh 2 0 2 0 0 3.663 Eliminated
Source: ESPN Cricinfo
(H) Host
25 December 1990
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
170/6 (50 overs)
v
 India
171/1 (36.5 overs)
Faruk Ahmed 57 (126)
Kapil Dev 2/17 (8 overs)
Navjot Sidhu 104 (109)
Athar Ali Khan 1/23 (6 overs)
India won by 9 wickets
Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
Umpires: V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) and Piloo Reporter (Ind)
Player of the match: Navjot Sidhu (Ind)

28 December 1990
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
214 (49.2 overs)
v
 India
178 (45.5 overs)
Arjuna Ranatunga 53 (105)
Atul Wassan 3/28 (10 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 40 (61)
Rumesh Ratnayake 3/24 (6.5 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 36 runs
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Subrata Banerjee (Ind) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
Player of the match: Arjuna Ranatunga (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

31 December 1990
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
249/4 (45 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
178/9 (45 overs)
Aravinda de Silva 89 (60)
Azhar Hossain 1/33 (9 overs)
Athar Ali Khan 78* (95)
Sanath Jayasuriya 3/39 (9 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 71 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Subrata Banerjee (Ind) and Piloo Reporter (Ind)
Player of the match: Athar Ali Khan (Ban)

Final

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4 January 1991
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
204/9 (45 overs)
v
 India
205/3 (42.1 overs)
Arjuna Ranatunga 49 (57)
Kapil Dev 4/31 (9 overs)
Sanjay Manjrekar 75* (95)
Arjuna Ranatunga 1/12 (2 overs)
India won by 7 wickets
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) and Piloo Reporter (Ind)
Player of the match: Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind)

Statistics

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Most runs

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Player Matches Innings NO Runs Average SR HS 100 50
Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga 3 3 1 166 83.00 73.45 64* 0 2
India Navjot Sidhu 3 3 1 144 72.00 81.45 104* 1 0
Sri Lanka Aravinda de Silva 3 3 0 126 42.00 120.00 89 0 1
Bangladesh Athar Ali Khan 2 2 1 122 122.00 71.34 78* 0 1
India Sanjay Manjrekar 3 3 2 112 112.00 65.88 75* 0 1
Source: Cricinfo[4]

Most wickets

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Player Matches Innings Wickets Overs Ave. Econ. BBI 4WI 5WI
India Kapil Dev 3 3 9 26.2 10.66 3.64 4/31 1 0
India Atul Wassan 3 3 5 27.00 20.80 3.85 3/28 0 0
Sri Lanka Rumesh Ratnayake 2 2 4 14.5 14.50 3.91 3/24 0 0
Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya 3 3 3 20.00 30.33 4.55 2/39 0 0
Source: Cricinfo[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ESPNcricinfo Asia Cup page ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved on 22 September 2021
  2. 1 2 "Asia Cup 1990-91, third match, Bangladesh v Sri Lanka". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. India v Sri Lanka, Asia Cup 1990/91 (Final) at CricketArchive (subscription required)
  4. "Asia Cup, 1990/91 Cricket Team Records & Stats". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  5. "Asia Cup, 1990/91 Cricket Team Records & Stats". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
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