Asia Cup - 1984

The first Asia Cup was held in Sharjah, UAE between 6 to 13, April 1984. Only three teams participated in the matches, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The first Asia Cup known as Rothmans Asia Cup. The official sponsors is Rothmans. Each team played the other once. India won both matches and got 4 points. Sri Lanka beat Pakistan. Pakistan failed to make a win. The venue of the all matches is Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium.
captains of the teams
Pakistan - Zaheer Abbas
Sri Lanka - LRD Mendis
India - SM Gavaskar

Match summery
April 6, 1984; Frist match: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
In the first match Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 5 wickets. Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field. The match was reduced to 46 overs per side.
Match Umpires: H D Bird and S Kishen
Man of the match: R L Dias

Pakistan
Mohsin Khan c Dias b DS de Silva 27 - 43
Saadat Ali c Kuruppu b Ranatunga 30 - 61
Mudassar Nazar c Kuruppu b Karnain 1 - 3
Zaheer Abbas c Ratnayeke b Ranatunga 47 - 68
Javed Miandad b John 9 - 19
Saleem Malik run out 1 - 7
Abdul Qadir b DS de Silva 7 - 9
Shahid Mahboob (not out) 18 - 23
Sarfraz Nawaz c John b Ranatunga 5 - 12
Anil Dalpat c Ranatunga b Ratnayeke 5 - 14
Rashid Khan (not out) 0 -2
Extras (4 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 8 w)
Total (9 wickets, innings closed, 46 overs) 187
Fall of wickets: 1-59 (Mohsin Khan), 2-60 (Mudassar Nazar), 3-84 (Saadat Ali), 4-110 (Javed Miandad), 5-142 (Saleem Malik), 6-154 (Abdul Qadir), 7-157 (Zaheer Abbas), 8-165 (Sarfraz Nawaz), 9-185 (Anil Dalpat)

Sri Lanka bowling
John 10 - 3 - 26 - 1
Ratnayeke 9 - 0 - 33 - 1
Karnain 7 - 1 - 19 - 1
DS de Silva 10 - 0 - 50 - 2
Ranatunga 10 - 0 - 38 - 3

Sri Lanka
S Wettimuny run out 18 - 36
DSBP Kuruppu c Anil Dalpat b Mudassar Nazar 25 - 46
RL Dias (not out) 57 - 95
LRD Mendis b Abdul Qadir 20 - 26
A Ranatunga st Anil Dalpat b Abdul Qadir 26 - 40
RS Madugalle c Zaheer Abbas b Sarfraz Nawaz 4 - 5
PA de Silva (not out) 14 - 15
Extras (4 b, 14 lb, 2 nb, 6 w) 26
Total (5 wickets, 43.3 overs) 190

Pakistan bowling
Shahid Mahboob 9 - 1 - 30 - 0
Rashid Khan 8 - 2 - 26 - 0
Mudassar Nazar 7 - 0 - 25 - 1
Sarfraz Nawaz 10 - 1 - 36 - 1
Abdul Qadir 9 - 0 - 42 - 2
Saadat Ali 0.3 - 0 - 5 - 0

April 8, 1984; Second Match: Sri Lanka vs India
The second match was between India Sri Lanka. In the match India won by 10 wickets. Sri Lanka dismissed on 41 overs by India. Their highest individual score was 38 by R S Mashugalle. From the Indian side S C Khanna and G A Parkar make 83 runs partnership. Khanna make a half century from 69 balls with 6 fours.
Match Umpires: H D Bird and Shakoor Rana
Man of the match: S C Khanna

Sri Lanka
S Wettimuny c Madan Lal b Prabhakar 12 - 32
DSBP Kuruppu c Khanna b Sharma 0 - 1
RL Dias c Vengsarkar b Prabhakar 5 - 27
LRD Mendis c Patil b Sharma 1 - 5
RS Madugalle b Madan Lal 38 - 76
A Ranatunga run out 9 - 20
PA de Silva lbw b Madan Lal 11 - 27
SHU Karnain lbw b Madan Lal 0 - 7
JR Ratnayeke b Shastri 2 - 7
DS de Silva not out 8 - 28
VB John c Gavaskar b Sharma 2 - 14
Extras (4 lb, 1 nb, 3 w) 8
Total (all out, 41 overs) 96

India bowling
Sharma 8 – 1- 22- 3
Prabhakar 10 -3- 16 -2
Binny 7 - 0 - 25 - 0
Madan Lal 8 – 2 – 11 - 3
Shastri 7 - 1 - 13 - 1
Azad 1 - 0 – 1 - 0

India
SC Khanna (not out) 51 - 69
GA Parkar (not out) 32 - 68
Extras (1 b, 1 nb, 12 w) 14
Total (no wicket, 21.4 overs) 97
Didnot bat: DB Vengsarkar, SM Gavaskar, SM Patil, RJ Shastri, KBJ Azad, RMH Binny, Madan Lal, M Prabhakar, C Sharma

Sri Lanka bowling
John 9 – 1 – 30 - 0
Ratnayeke 4 – 0 – 27 - 0
Karnain 2 - 0 - 4 - 0
DS de Silva 6 - 0 - 21 - 0
Madugalle 0.4 - 0 - 1 - 0

April 13; Third Match: Pakistan vs India
The third match India won the toss and decided to bat first. India crossed 188 runs from 46 overs. The macth was reduced 46 overs per side. Gavaskar crossed his 1000 runs in the match with his unbeaten 36 runs.
Match umpires: HD Bird, HC Felsinger
Man of the match: SC Khanna
India
SC Khanna c Anil Dalpat b Mudassar Nazar 56 - 72
GA Parkar run out 22 - 55
DB Vengsarkar b Shahid Mahboob 14 - 44
SM Patil c Saleem Malik b Sarfraz Nawaz 43 - 50
SM Gavaskar (not out) 36 – 55
Extras (1 b, 12 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) 17
Total (4 wickets, innings closed, 46 overs) 188
Fall of wickets:1-54 (Parkar), 2-88 (Vengsarkar), 3-110 (Khanna), 4-188 (Patil)
Did not bat: RJ Shastri, KBJ Azad, RMH Binny, Madan Lal, M Prabhakar, C Sharm

Pakistan bowling
Azeem Hafeez 7 - 0 – 41 - 0
Sarfraz Nawaz 10 - 1 - 37 - 1
Shahid Mahboob 10 - 1 – 23 - 1
Abdul Qadir 10 – 3 – 36 - 0
Mudassar Nazar 9 – 3 – 34 – 1

Pakistan
Mohsin Khan c Parkar b Shastri 35 - 65
Saadat Ali run out 13- 21
Mudassar Nazar st Khanna b Shastri 18 - 50
Zaheer Abbas c Madan Lal b Binny 27 - 45
Saleem Malik run out 15 - 17
Qasim Umar c Prabhakar b Binny 16 - 30
Shahid Mahboob run out 0 - 1
Abdul Qadir run out 0 - 1
Sarfraz Nawaz c Patil b Binny 4 - 13
Anil Dalpat st Khanna b Shastri 1 - 2
Azeem Hafeez not out 0 - 5
Extras (5 lb) 5
Total (all out, 39.4 overs) 134
Fall of wickets:1-23 (Saadat Ali), 2-69 (Mohsin Khan), 3-70 (Mudassar Nazar), 4-92 (Saleem Malik), 5-125 (Qasim Umar), 6-125 (Shahid Mahboob), 7-125 (Abdul Qadir), 8-128 (Zaheer Abbas), 9-133 (Anil Dalpat), 10-134 (Sarfraz Nawaz)

India bowling
Sharma 7 – 0 – 18 -0
Prabhakar 7 - 0 - 17 - 0
Binny 9.4 – 0 – 33 - 3
Madan Lal 6 - 1 - 21 - 0
Shastri 10 – 0 – 40 - 3