The 2010 Asia Cup (also known as Micromax Asia Cup) was the tenth edition of the Asia Cup cricket tournament, which was held in Sri Lanka from 15 to 24 June 2010. Only the test playing nations India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were taking part in the competition. India defeated Sri Lanka by 81 runs in the final to win a record 5th Asia Cup title. Pakistani captain, Shahid Afridi was declared the man of the tournament for scoring the most runs in the tournament, 265, with an average of 88.33 and a strike rate of 164.59.

2010 Micromax Asia Cup
Dates15 June – 24 June[1]
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin, knockout
Host(s) Sri Lanka
Champions India (5th title)
Runners-up Sri Lanka
Participants4
Matches7
Player of the seriesPakistan Shahid Afridi
Most runsPakistan Shahid Afridi (265)
Most wicketsSri Lanka Lasith Malinga (9)
2008
2012

Trophy

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The trophy was made of a combination of silver, gold, copper and brass with a silver finish with mat and gloss finish. It stands to communicate the strength, purity, humility and persistence that not only represents the four metals but also the four participating nations.[2]

Venue

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Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium was the only venue of Asia Cup 2010 as other stadiums in Sri Lanka, including the R. Premadasa Stadium, were undergoing renovation for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. All seven matches were Day/Night affairs.

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium is a 16,800 seat cricket stadium in Sri Lanka.[3] The Stadium is situated in the Central Province, close to Dambulla on a 60-acre (240,000 m2) site leased from the Rangiri Dambulla Temple. The stadium is built overlooking the Dambulla Tank (reservoir) and the Dambulla Rock.

 
 
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla.

Squads

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The squads of the four teams participating in the tournament were announced in early June by the respective cricket boards.[4]

  Bangladesh[5][6]   India[7][8]   Pakistan[9][10]   Sri Lanka[11][12]

Fixtures

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Group stage

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Each side played each other once in the group stages. The top 2 teams based on points at the end of the group stages meet each other in a one-off final. Each win yielded 4 points while a tie/no result yielded 1-point. A bonus point system was also in place, where a team could earn an extra point, in addition to the four received from a win, for a total of 5 points if they achieved victory using 80% or less of available overs or kept the opposition score to less than 80% of their own.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR BP Pts NRR
1   Sri Lanka 3 3 0 0 0 2 14 1.424
2   India 3 2 1 0 0 1 9 0.275
3   Pakistan 3 1 2 0 0 1 5 0.788
4   Bangladesh 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 −2.627
Source: ESPNCricinfo

Matches

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All times local (UTC+05:30)

15 June 2010
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
242/9 (50 overs)
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  Pakistan
226 (47 overs)
Angelo Mathews 55* (61)
Shoaib Akhtar 3/41 (10 overs)
Shahid Afridi 109 (76)
Lasith Malinga 5/34 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 16 runs
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Billy Doctrove (WI)
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

16 June 2010
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh  
167 (34.5 overs)
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  India
168/4 (30.4 overs)
Imrul Kayes 37 (35)
Virender Sehwag 4/6 (2.5 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 82 (101)
Mashrafe Mortaza 2/37 (5.4 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Ind)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

18 June 2010
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
312/4 (50 overs)
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  Bangladesh
186 (40.2 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 71 (51)
Shafiul Islam 2/59 (10 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 51 (53)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 3/37 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 126 runs
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

19 June 2010
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan  
267 (49.3 overs)
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  India
271/7 (49.5 overs)
Salman Butt 74 (85)
Praveen Kumar 3/53 (10 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 83 (97)
Saeed Ajmal 3/56 (10 overs)
India won by 3 wickets
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Billy Doctrove (WI)
Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Ind)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

21 June 2010
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan  
385/7 (50 overs)
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  Bangladesh
246/5 (50 overs)
Shahid Afridi 124 (60)
Shafiul Islam 3/95 (10 overs)
Junaid Siddique 97 (114)
Imran Farhat 1/21 (5 overs)
Pakistan won by 139 runs
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)

22 June 2010
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  
209 (42.3 overs)
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  Sri Lanka
211/3 (37.3 overs)
Rohit Sharma 69 (73)
Farveez Maharoof 5/42 (10 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 73 (82)
Zaheer Khan 2/42 (7 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Farveez Maharoof (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
  • Farveez Maharoof got his first hat-trick in this match.

Final

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24 June 2010
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  
268/6 (50 overs)
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  Sri Lanka
187 (44.4 overs)
Dinesh Karthik 66 (84)
Thilina Kandamby 2/37 (7 overs)
Chamara Kapugedera 55* (88)
Ashish Nehra 4/40 (9 overs)
India won by 81 runs
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Billy Doctrove (WI)
Player of the match: Dinesh Karthik (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • India won the Asia Cup title for the fifth time.

Dinesh Karthik was declared the Man of the Match for his match winning innings of 66 off 84 balls while Pakistan's Shahid Afridi was declared Man of the Series for scoring 265 runs in 3 matches during the tournament.[13]

Statistics

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Batting

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Player Innings Runs Average SR HS
  Shahid Afridi 3 265 88.33 164.59 124
  Gautam Gambhir 4 203 50.75 82.85 83
  Kumar Sangakkara 4 184 46.00 73.01 73
  MS Dhoni 4 173 57.66 78.99 56
  Mahela Jayawardene 4 161 53.66 87.02 54
Source: [14]

Bowling

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Player Innings Wickets Overs BBI Econ.
  Lasith Malinga 3 9 28.2 5/34 4.44
  Ashish Nehra 3 6 22.0 4/40 5.72
  Zaheer Khan 4 6 29.3 2/36 5.01
  Praveen Kumar 4 6 34.0 3/53 4.41
  Farveez Maharoof 3 5 24.0 5/42 5.66
Source: [15]

Media coverage

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Television

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Countries Broadcaster
  India NEO Cricket
  Bangladesh
  Arab World
  South Korea
  Sri Lanka
  Hong Kong
  Taiwan
  South Africa Supersport
  Angola
  Benin
  Botswana
  Burkina Faso
  Burundi
  Cameroon
  Cape Verde
  Central African Republic
  Chad
  Comoros
  Ivory Coast
  DR Congo
  Djibouti
  Eritrea
  Ethiopia
  Equatorial Guinea
  Gabon
  Gambia
  Ghana
  Guinea
  Guinea-Bissau
  Kenya
  Liberia
  Madagascar
  Malawi
  Mali
  Mauritius
  Mozambique
  Namibia
  Niger
  Nigeria
  Congo
  Rwanda
  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  São Tomé and Príncipe
  Senegal
  Seychelles
  Sierra Leone
  South Sudan
  Eswatini
  Tanzania
  Togo
  Uganda
  Zambia
  Zimbabwe
  Australia Setanta Sports Australia
  India Doordarshan (Only India matches and final)
  Sri Lanka Sirasa TV
  Singapore Starhub
  Malaysia Astro
  Pakistan Geo Super

Broadband

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Countries Broadcaster
  United States ESPN3

References

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  1. ^ "Asia Cup 2010". cricketwa. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ Micromax unveiled Asia Cup 2010 Trophy to announce the launch of the Cricketing Event. Archived 20 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine India Preview. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Asia Cup 2010 - Squads, teams for India,Bangladesh,Sri Lanka,Pakistan 2010". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Bangladesh Squad - Bangladesh Squad - Asia Cup, 2010 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Aftab Ahmed left out of Asia Cup squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  7. ^ "India Squad - India Squad - Asia Cup, 2010 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Tendulkar rested for Asia Cup, Yuvraj dropped". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Pakistan Squad - Pakistan Squad - Asia Cup, 2010 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Shoaib Akhtar recalled for Asia Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Sri Lanka Squad - Sri Lanka Squad - Asia Cup, 2010 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  12. ^ "No Jayasuriya and Mendis in Asia Cup squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  13. ^ India vs Sri Lanka. Final of 2010 Asia Cup Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  14. ^ "Asia Cup 2010 — Most Runs — Records". ESPNcricinfo.
  15. ^ "Asia Cup 2010 — Most Wickets — Records". ESPNcricinfo.
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