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| Dates | 25 December 1990 – 4 January 1991 |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format | Round-robin |
| Host | India |
| Champions |  India (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Sri Lanka |
| Participants | 3 |
| Matches | 4 |
| Player of the series | Not awarded |
| Most runs | Arjuna Ranatunga (166) |
| Most wickets | Kapil Dev (9) |
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The1990–91 Asia Cup was the fourthAsia Cup tournament, and was held inIndia between 25 December 1990, and 4 January 1991. Three teams took part in the tournament:India,Sri Lanka and Asian leading associate memberBangladesh.Pakistan had pulled out of the tournament due to strained political relations withIndia.
The 1990–91 Asia Cup was around-robin tournament where each team played the other once, and the top two teams qualifying for a place in the final. India and Sri Lanka qualified for the final in which India beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets to win its second consecutive (and third in total) Asia Cup.
| Kolkata | Cuttack | Chandigarh |
|---|---|---|
| Eden Gardens | Barabati Stadium | Sector 16 Stadium |
| Capacity: 67,000 | Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 30,000 |
1990–91 Asia Cup (India) | ||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.908 | Advanced to theFinal |
| 2 | India(H) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.222 | |
| 3 |  Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.663 | Eliminated |
25 December 1990 Scorecard |
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India won by 9 wickets Sector 16 Stadium,Chandigarh Umpires:V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) andPiloo Reporter (Ind) Player of the match:Navjot Sidhu (Ind) |
28 December 1990 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 36 runs Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Umpires:Subrata Banerjee (Ind) andV. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) Player of the match:Arjuna Ranatunga (SL) |
31 December 1990 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 71 runs Eden Gardens,Kolkata Umpires:Subrata Banerjee (Ind) andPiloo Reporter (Ind) Player of the match:Athar Ali Khan (Ban) |
4 January 1991 Scorecard |
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India won by 7 wickets Eden Gardens,Calcutta Umpires:V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) andPiloo Reporter (Ind) Player of the match:Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) |
| Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | Average | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 3 | 3 | 1 | 166 | 83.00 | 73.45 | 64* | 0 | 2 |
| Navjot Sidhu | 3 | 3 | 1 | 144 | 72.00 | 81.45 | 104* | 1 | 0 |
| Aravinda de Silva | 3 | 3 | 0 | 126 | 42.00 | 120.00 | 89 | 0 | 1 |
| Athar Ali Khan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 122 | 122.00 | 71.34 | 78* | 0 | 1 |
| Sanjay Manjrekar | 3 | 3 | 2 | 112 | 112.00 | 65.88 | 75* | 0 | 1 |
| Source:Cricinfo[4] | |||||||||
| Player | Matches | Innings | Wickets | Overs | Ave. | Econ. | BBI | 4WI | 5WI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kapil Dev | 3 | 3 | 9 | 26.2 | 10.66 | 3.64 | 4/31 | 1 | 0 |
| Atul Wassan | 3 | 3 | 5 | 27.00 | 20.80 | 3.85 | 3/28 | 0 | 0 |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14.5 | 14.50 | 3.91 | 3/24 | 0 | 0 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20.00 | 30.33 | 4.55 | 2/39 | 0 | 0 |
| Source:Cricinfo[5] | |||||||||
