2012 Asia Cup

2012 Micromax Asia Cup
Dates11 March – 22 March[1]
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin, Knockout
Host(s) Bangladesh
Champions Pakistan (2nd title)
Runners-up Bangladesh
Participants4
Matches7
Player of the seriesBangladesh Shakib Al Hasan[2][3]
Most runsIndia Virat Kohli (357)[4]
Most wicketsPakistan Umar Gul (9)[5]
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The 2012 Asia Cup (also called Micromax Asia Cup) was an international cricket tournament held in Bangladesh from 11 to 22 March 2012. Like the previous event, the tournament featured the four Test-playing nations from Asia: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. India entered the tournament as the defending 2010 Asia Cup Pakistan won the tournament by beating Bangladesh in the final by 2 runs.[6][7][8][9]

  1. ^ "Asia Cup 2012". cricketwa. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Asia Cup – Final". ESPNcricinfo. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Pakistan wins Asia Cup tournament in a nail biting final". Asian Tribune. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
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  6. ^ "Ban vs Pak: Pakistan beat Bangladesh in thrilling final to clinch Asia Cup". The Times of India. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  7. ^ Diwan, Kunal (22 March 2012). "Heartbreak for Bangladesh, high fives for Pakistan in Asia Cup final". Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  8. ^ Purohit, Abhishek (22 March 2012). "Pakistan prevail over gutsy Bangladesh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  9. ^ Koshie, Nihal (22 March 2012). "Two runs too far". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 March 2012.