Lahore: Babar Azam has a chance to become the third victorious Pakistani captain in the Asia Cup.
The Asia Cup was held for the first time in 1984 in Sharjah, the 15th edition of the event is ongoing in UAE, so far Pakistan has captured the title only 2 times, the green shirts were the runners up 2 times, the team won both the titles in ODI format.
In the final scheduled in Dhaka in 2000, Pakistan won the trophy for the first time in history by defeating Sri Lanka under the leadership of Moin Khan by 39 runs. Scored unbeaten 56 runs on the balls, Anzamam-ul-Haq remained unbeaten on 72, Saeed Anwar also played a good innings of 82 runs, then the team limited Sri Lanka to 238 despite the century of Marvin Atapattu, Wasim Akram, Muhammad Akram And Arshad Khan took 2.2.
Pakistan won the title for the second time under the leadership of Misbah-ul-Haq in 2012. In the final played in Mirpur, the green shirts defeated the hosts Bangladesh after a thrilling contest, thanks to Mohammad Hafeez’s 40 and Sarfaraz Ahmed’s unbeaten 46. Scored 236 runs for 9 wickets.
In response, the Bangladesh team was limited to 234 runs for 8 wickets, Azaz Cheema 3, while Umar Gul and Saeed Ajmal took 2, 2 wickets, Shahid Afridi bowled efficiently with 32 runs, giving 28 runs in 10 overs. He took one wicket and was named Man of the Match.
