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Dates | 25 December 1990 – 4 January 1991 |
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Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
Cricket format | One Day International |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
Host(s) | India |
Champions | India (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Sri Lanka |
Participants | 3 |
Matches | 4 |
Player of the series | Not awarded |
Most runs | Arjuna Ranatunga (166) |
Most wickets | Kapil Dev (9) |
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.
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.
Kolkata | Cuttack | Chandigarh |
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Eden Gardens | Barabati Stadium | Sector 16 Stadium |
Capacity: 67,000 | Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 30,000 |
1990–91 Asia Cup (India) |
Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | RR |
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Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.908 |
India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.222 |
Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.663 |
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Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | Average | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
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Arjuna Ranatunga | 3 | 3 | 1 | 166 | 83.00 | 73.45 | 64* | 0 | 2 |
Navjot Sidhu | 3 | 3 | 1 | 144 | 72.00 | 81.45 | 104* | 1 | 0 |
Aravinda de Silva | 3 | 3 | 0 | 126 | 42.00 | 120.00 | 89 | 0 | 1 |
Athar Ali Khan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 122 | 122.00 | 71.34 | 78* | 0 | 1 |
Sanjay Manjrekar | 3 | 3 | 2 | 112 | 112.00 | 65.88 | 75* | 0 | 1 |
Source: Cricinfo |
Player | Matches | Innings | Wickets | Overs | Ave. | Econ. | BBI | 4WI | 5WI |
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Kapil Dev | 3 | 3 | 9 | 26.2 | 10.66 | 3.64 | 4/31 | 1 | 0 |
Atul Wassan | 3 | 3 | 5 | 27.00 | 20.80 | 3.85 | 3/28 | 0 | 0 |
Rumesh Ratnayake | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14.5 | 14.50 | 3.91 | 3/24 | 0 | 0 |
Sanath Jayasuriya | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20.00 | 30.33 | 4.55 | 2/39 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Cricinfo |