1988 Asia Cup

1988 Asia Cup
Dates27 October – 4 November 1988
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s) Bangladesh
Champions India (2nd title)
Runners-up Sri Lanka
Participants4
Matches7
Player of the seriesIndia Navjot Sidhu
Most runsPakistan Ijaz Ahmed (192)
Most wicketsIndia Arshad Ayub (9)
1986

The 1988 Asia Cup (also known as the Wills Asia Cup) was the third Asia Cup tournament, held in Bangladesh between 26 October and 4 November 1988. Four teams took part in the tournament: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the host nation Bangladesh. The matches were the first-ever List A-classified being played in Bangladesh, then an Associate Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), their opponents all being Full Members.

The 1988 Asia Cup was a round-robin tournament where each team played the other three once, and the top two teams qualifying for a place in the final. India and Sri Lanka qualified for the final in which India defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets to win its second Asia Cup.


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