2000 ASCON Asia Cup

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The 2000 ASCON Asia Cup, officially known as Pepsi Asia Cup (for sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural edition of the 50-over Asian cricket championship.
Pakistan hosted the event in its first edition across three cities, with the tournament played from November 19 through to November 26.​

 

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GROUP A



Fixtures

November 19 - Match 1, Pakistan vs Nepal @ National Stadium, Karachi - Pakistan won by 7 wickets (with 105 deliveries remaining)
November 21 - Match 3, Pakistan vs Japan @ Allama Iqbal Stadium, Lahore - Match Tied
November 23 - Match 5, Japan vs Nepal @ Ibn-E-Qasim Bagh, Multan - Japan won by 7 wickets (with 84 deliveries remaining)

Standings

Q​

TEAM​

MAT​

WON​

LOST​

TIED​

N/R​

PTS​

NRR​

​

PAKISTAN

2​

1​

0​

1​

0​

5​

+0.913​

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JAPAN

2​

1​

0​

1​

0​

5​

+0.635​

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NEPAL

2​

0​

2​

0​

0​

0​

-1.923​

* Pakistan and Japan advance to Pepsi Asia Cup finals.

Points

Win: 3 points / Tie: 2 points / N/R: 1 point / Loss: 0 points
* teams equal on points at the end of the group stage are ranked via following methods

Spoiler: Tie Breakers

- if equal on points, team with better head-to-head record proceeds
- if equal on head-to-head record, team with more wins proceeds
- if equal on wins, team with fewer losses proceeds
- if equal on losses, team with better net-run-rate proceeds

 

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GROUP B



Fixtures

November 20 - Match 2, Bangladesh vs India @ Allama Iqbal Stadium, Lahore - India won by 7 wickets (with 96 deliveries remaining)
November 22 - Match 4, Bangladesh vs North Korea @ National Stadium, Karachi - North Korea won by 42 runs
November 24 - Match 6, India vs North Korea @ Ibn-E-Qasim Bagh, Multan - India won by 112 runs

Standings

Q​

TEAM​

MAT​

WON​

LOST​

TIED​

N/R​

PTS​

NRR​

​

INDIA

2​

2​

0​

0​

0​

6​

+1.987​

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NORTH KOREA

2​

1​

1​

0​

0​

3​

-0.700​

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BANGLADESH

2​

0​

2​

0​

0​

0​

-1.432​

* India and North Korea advance to Pepsi Asia Cup finals.

Points

Win: 3 points / Tie: 2 points / N/R: 1 point / Loss: 0 points
* teams equal on points at the end of the group stage are ranked via following methods

Spoiler: Tie Breakers

- if equal on points, team with better head-to-head record proceeds
- if equal on head-to-head record, team with more wins proceeds
- if equal on wins, team with fewer losses proceeds
- if equal on losses, team with better net-run-rate proceeds

 

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FINALS

* Top-two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Semi-Finals

November 26 - Match 7,

Pakistan vs

North Korea @ National Stadium, Karachi - North Korea won by 6 wickets (with 13 deliveries remaining)
November 27 - Match 8,

India vs

Japan @ Ibn-E-Qasim Bagh, Multan - India won by 101 runs

Final

November 29 - Match 9,

North Korea vs

India @ Allama Iqbal Stadium, Lahore - India won by 26 runs

* India won the 2000 ASCON Asia Cup

 

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TOURNAMENT RULES

* These were the rules set in place by the Asian Confederation of Nations for the Pepsi Asia Cup 2000.

Upgrades

	POSITION​		PRIZE​		TEAM​
	Champions		3 upgrades		INDIA
	Runners-up		2 upgrades		NORTH KOREA
	Semi-finalist		1 upgrade		PAKISTAN
	Semi-finalist		1 upgrade		JAPAN

Squads

Each participating member nation was required to name a 15-player squad at the start of the tournament.
No upgrades could be spent to improve players mid-tournament; upgrades needed to be made during squad announcement.

Lineups

Playing XIs were required to contain at least one capable wicket-keeper (//) and six bowling (//) options.
Captain () marked at the start of the tournament could not be dropped unless injured.

Format

The six participating teams were split into two groups of three in a single round-robin format.
Top-two teams from each of the two groups advanced to the semi-finals.

Winners of the semi-finals met each other in the final for the Asia Cup.

Points System

Points were awarded using the following system during the group stage:

Win: 3 points / Tie: 2 points / N/R: 1 point / Loss: 0 points

Player Injuries

Injuries were randomly simulated to give this league somewhat of a realistic edge.
Players that played without a rest were more likely to get injured.

Following were the types of injuries:

Spoiler: Player Injuries

Degree 1

* Can play with a 25% ratings decrease; 50% chance of developing a Degree 2 injury
- Heals fully after a one-game rest

Degree 2

* Can play with a 50% ratings decrease; 75% chance of developing a Degree 3 injury
- Heals fully after a two-game rest

Degree 3

* Out for one game; instantly made unavailable
- Can play one game early with a 50% ratings decrease upon return. Heals fully after a two-game rest.

Degree 4

* Out for two to three games; instantly made unavailable
- Can play one game early with a 25% ratings decrease upon return. Heals fully after a three-game rest

Degree 5

* Out for four to five games; instantly made unavailable
- Can play one game early with a 10% ratings decrease upon return. Heals fully after a five-game rest

Degree 6

* Out for six to ten games; instantly made unavailable
- Heals fully after recovering from injury

Degree 7

Ruled out for the remainder of the series/tournament
- You can call-up a replacement if your player pool can support it​

 

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PAKISTAN Asia Cup: zero wins --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Squad Talha Hayat Abdul Masih Shehzad Bhatti Mohammad Rafi Abdullah Shinwari Mikail Gondal Shabbir Khan Durrani Hasan Naqvi Rana Hassan Jutt Ali Mazari Mohammad Zubairi Wahab Bangalzai Kabir Khan Durrani Hashir Soomro Haris Shah --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Career Statistics

 

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BANGLADESH Asia Cup: zero wins --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Squad Abu Sadat Sajidur Rahman Azbin Sattar Drubo Arif Hassan Himel Kutub Kinshuk Roy Milon Arian Rafi Shahjahan Uddin Sayem Ahmed Chomok Najmul Hossain Badshah Kutub Turjoy Vattacharjay Alexander Kuddus Salman Muqtadir Nirupom Debnath --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Career Statistics

 

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INDIA Asia Cup: 2000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Squad Vijay Kambli Shubman Kotak Sourabh Ganguly Kannaur Lokesh Varun Muzumdar Ronit Parida Dinesh Bundela Surajkumar Yadav Vikas Samant Pramod Krishnakumar Subrata Chatterjee Asif Zaidi Mayas Kumble Milkha Singh Zeeshan Khan --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Career Statistics

 

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JAPAN Asia Cup: zero wins --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Squad Nonaka Hisato Toyoda Taroemon Hirooki Kobayashi Sato Kauzo Kyosuke Yoshihashi Miyahara Yuichi Taichiro Shusake Takeuchi Orochi Yūki Hitoshi Yoshimi Ryoichi Shiroma Kyou Konya Kushida Fukutsuchi Norihisa Yamamura Daisuke Okabe Sho --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Career Statistics

No statistics available.

 

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NEPAL Asia Cup: zero wins --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Squad Hari Poudel Shambhu Thapa Dhruba Adhikari Sandeep Upadhay Shivam Sarraf Dhrub Shah Lalbabu Raut Kamal Adhikari Baburam Bhatrrai Binu Prasad Pandey Vijay Rajkarnikar Rashik Nepal Sanjay Subedi Rupesh Philben Bhanu Bhakta Adhikari --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Career Statistics

 

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NORTH KOREA Asia Cup: zero wins --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Squad To Chuwon Pom Ki-Nam Cho Yeon-Seok Kae Kwang-Hoon P'yong Kang-Dae P'aeng Jong-Su Ogum Hyuk Kung Do-Hyeon Sok Se-Yoon Kan Yeong-Cheol Si Pyong-Chol Tu Hyun-Jun In Hyun-Jun Song Kyung-Ho Kim Jong-Lee --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Career Statistics

 

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Pepsi Asia Cup 2000 commences soon!
Please announce your squad for the tournament.

Rules

Your squad for the tournament must consist of EXACTLY fifteen players
You must mark your captain () for the tournament; marked captain can not be dropped unless injured
You must have at least one wicket-keeper () in your squad; but you are advised to have two
Upgrades must be confirmed before the squad is announced; mid-tourney upgrades are not allowed

Deadline

48 hours.

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