Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
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Cricket format | One-Day International |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
Host(s) | Bangladesh |
Champions | Pakistan (1st title) |
Runner Up | Sri Lanka |
Participants | 4 |
Matches played | 7 |
Player of the series | Yousuf Youhana |
Most runs | Yousuf Youhana 295 |
Most wickets | Abdul Razzaq 8 |
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh took part in the seventh edition of the Asia Cup for cricket, which was held in Bangladesh between May-June, 2000. Pakistan won the tournament beating Sri Lanka by 39 runs in the final. All the games were played at Dhaka's Bangabandhu National Stadium. Yousuf Youhana was declared the Man of the Series.
Each side played each other once in the group stages. The top 2 teams based on points at the end of the group stages met each other in a one-off final. Each win yielded 2 points while a tie/no result yielded 1 point.
7 matches were played at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka.