History of Asia Cup - India leading the Chart

The ACC Asia Cup is a men's One Day International & Twenty20 International cricket tournament. It was established in 1983 when the Asian Cricket Council was founded as a measure to promote goodwill between Asian countries. It was originally scheduled to be held every two years.

Captains pose with Asia Cup Trophy (Source:Twitter/bcci )

The first Asia cup was held in 1984 in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.

India - 6

SL - 5

Pakistan - 2

History of Asia Cup - 

Year	Format	Host	Winner	Runner-Up
1984	ODI	UAE	India	Sri-Lanka
1986	ODI	Sri-Lanka	Sri-Lanka	Pakistan
1988	ODI	Bangladesh	India	Sri-Lanka
1990/91	ODI	India	India	Sri-Lanka
1995	ODI	UAE	India	Sri-Lanka
1997	ODI	Sri-Lanka	Sri-Lanka	India
2000	ODI	Bangladesh	Pakistan	Sri-Lanka
2004	ODI	Sri-Lanka	Sri-Lanka	India
2008	ODI	Pakistan	Sri-Lanka	India
2010	ODI	Sri-Lanka	India	Sri-Lanka
2012	ODI	Bangladesh	Pakistan	Bangladesh
2014	ODI	Bangladesh	Sri-Lanka	Pakistan
2016	T20I	Bangladesh	India	Bangladesh

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squad for the upcoming Women’s Asia Cup T20 Announced

Bcci Women has announced Squad for Asia Cup, Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the side Smriti Mandhana as Vice Captain.

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India squad for Asia Cup : Harmanpreet (Captain), S Mandhana (vc), Mithali, Jemimah, Deepti, Anuja,Veda, Taniya (wk), Jhulan G, P Vastrakar, Shikha, Poonam Yadav, R Gayakwad, Ekta, Mona.
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Malaysia will be held from 1st June - 11th June 2018. Each team will play against the other and the top two teams on the points table will qualify for final.

India squad: Harmanpreet (Captain), S Mandhana (vc), Mithali, Jemimah, Deepti, Anuja,Veda, Taniya (wk), Jhulan G, P Vastrakar, Shikha, Poonam Yadav, R Gayakwad, Ekta, Mona.

— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) April 27, 2018

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