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| Dates | 5 – 14 April 1995 |
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| Administrator | Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Host | United Arab Emirates |
| Champions |  India (4th title) |
| Runners-up |  Sri Lanka |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 7 |
| Player of the series | Navjot Sidhu |
| Most runs | Sachin Tendulkar (205) |
| Most wickets | Anil Kumble (7) |
The 1995 Asia Cup (also known as the Pepsi Asia Cup), was the fifth Asia Cup tournament, and the second to be held in Sharjah, UAE. The tournament took place between April 5–14, 1995. Four teams took part in the tournament: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
The 1995 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. All the matches, including the final, were played at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium in Sharjah. India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka all had four points at the end of the round-robin stage, but India and Sri Lanka qualified for the final on the basis of better run-rates. India beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets to win its third consecutive (and fourth in total) Asia Cup.
Squads
Matches
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.856 | Advanced to the Final |
| 2 | Sri Lanka |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.701 | |
| 3 |  Pakistan |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.596 | Eliminated |
| 4 |  Bangladesh |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.933 |
Source: ESPN Cricinfo
5 April 1995 Scorecard |
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India won by 9 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Nigel Plews (Eng) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Manoj Prabhakar (Ind) |
- Sajjad Ahmed, Khaled Mashud, Javed Omar, Mohammad Rafique and Anisur Rahman (all Ban), and Utpal Chatterjee (Ind) made their debut in ODIs.
6 April 1995 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 107 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Cyril Mitchley (SA) and Nigel Plews (Eng) Player of the match: Arjuna Ranatunga (SL) |
- Chamara Dunusinghe (SL), and Habibul Bashar and Hasibul Hossain (both Ban) made their debut in ODIs.
7 April 1995 Scorecard |
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Pakistan won by 97 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Cyril Mitchley (SA) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Aaqib Javed (Pak) |
- Naeem Ashraf and Zafar Iqbal (both Pak) made their debut in ODIs.
8 April 1995 Scorecard |
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Pakistan won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Nigel Plews (Eng) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Wasim Akram (Pak) |
- Naimur Rahman (Ban) made his debut in ODIs.
9 April 1995 Scorecard |
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India won by 8 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Cyril Mitchley (SA) and Nigel Plews (Eng) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) |
- Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) became the youngest player to reach 3,000 runs in ODIs.[2]
11 April 1995 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Cyril Mitchley (SA) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) |
- Mahmood Hamid and Javed Qadeer (both Pak) made their debut in ODIs.
Final
14 April 1995 Scorecard |
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India won by 8 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Nigel Plews (Eng) and Cyril Mitchley (SA) Player of the match: Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) |
- India won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics
Most runs
| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar |
4 | 4 | 205 | 68.33 | 109.62 | 112* | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| Navjot Singh Sidhu |
4 | 4 | 197 | 98.50 | 80.40 | 84* | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq |
3 | 3 | 190 | 95.00 | 86.75 | 88 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya |
4 | 4 | 134 | 33.50 | 87.01 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| Manoj Prabhakar |
4 | 4 | 122 | 40.66 | 64.89 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo[3] | ||||||||||
Most wickets
| Player | Matches | Innings | Wickets | Overs | Econ. | Ave. | BBI | S/R | 4WI | 5WI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anil Kumble |
4 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 3.86 | 19.85 | 2/23 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Venkatesh Prasad |
3 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 4.00 | 18.66 | 3/37 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaqib Javed |
2 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 2.52 | 9.60 | 5/19 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Saiful Islam |
3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 4.54 | 20.00 | 4/36 | 19.2 | 1 | 0 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan |
3 | 3 | 5 | 28.2 | 3.91 | 22.20 | 4/23 | 26.4 | 1 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo[4] | ||||||||||
See also
References
- Cricinfo Asia Cup page Cricinfo. Retrieved on 17 September 2021
- "On This Day in 1995: Sachin Tendulkar Became Youngest Cricketer to Score 3,000 ODI Runs - News18". News18.com. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- "Pepsi Asia Cup, 1994/95 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- "Pepsi Asia Cup, 1994/95 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- Cricket Archive: Pepsi Asia Cup 1994/95 http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/UAE/1994-95_UAE_Pepsi_Asia_Cup_1994-95.html
- CricInfo: Asia Cup, 1995 http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1994-95/OD_TOURNEYS/ASIA/