The2nd SAARC cricket tournament was the second edition of the tournament. It held inDhaka,Bangladesh in December 1994. Teams fromBangladesh,India,Pakistan, andSri Lanka participated in the tournament. Bangladesh, still an associate member of theICC, played their full strength national side, while their neighbors sent their 'A' teams for the tournament. India won the cup after beating Bangladesh in the final. All the matches were 50 overs affair.

Following the disappointing performances of Bangladesh in theICC Trophy early that year, there were a number of changes in the team. To begin withAkram Khan took over the captaincy fromFaruk Ahmed. In the batting line up, the two youngstersNaimur Rahman andAl Sahariar replacedFaruk and Selim Shahed. Bigger changes occurred in the bowling department.Anisur Rahman andSajal Chowdhury emerged as the new ball bowlers, whileMohammad Rafique became the new spin bowling partner forEnamul Haque.

The Indian team was led byPravin Amre. Apart from him, there were a number of players (likeSourav Ganguly,Rahul Dravid,Vikram Rathour,Venkatesh Prasad,Rajesh Chauhan) who either had played for the Indian National team, or were on the brink of wearing national colors. Two of them, Ganguly and Dravid, went on to become Indian captains.

Pakistan cricket was passing through a difficult period at that time, as allegations of match fixing were first brought up. At the same time, the board recalled veteranRameez Raja to lead the 'A' side.Chandika Hathurusingha was the captain of the Lankan outfit.

India, Pakistan, and the host Bangladesh all finished the League matches with two wins and one defeat each, but Pakistan lost out on net run rate calculation.

The slow and low bounce of the pitches made stroke play extremely difficult. Nevertheless, there were really close matches. WicketkeeperJahangir Alam was the villain for the local side in their last ball defeat at the hands of Pakistan. With the scores tied, he conceded a bye in the last delivery to hand over the match to the visitors. Jahangir, however, made amends in the match against India by stumpingPrasad ofRafique. Earlier,Aminul Islam Bulbul lived up to his reputation as a fine player of spin bowling by scoring a defiant 64 and leading a late middle order recovery.

Earlier, the holiday crowd on Christmas Day went home disappointed as the clash of the titans, India vs Pakistan, failed to produce a classic encounter.Chatterjee andVaidya took three wickets a piece to bowl the Paks out for only 120.Venkatesh Prasad, the best bowler of the tournament went wicketless, but bowling miserly he conceded only 13 runs from his nine overs. In the end, India won by four wickets, but actually it was much more convincing than that.

For India,Rahul Dravid was the most consistent batsmen. The spinners did well, but the real high point for India in this tournament was the bowling of the two medium pacers, Prasad and Vaidya. For Pakistan, skipperRaja andZahid Fazal helped their team win the vital match against Sri Lanka, but they could not improve their net run rate enough to reach the finals.Zafar Iqbal, their most impressive bowler, only played in the last match against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka was very disappointing, althoughRussel Arnold emerged as a talented allround cricketer.

Unfortunately, the final was a rather one-sided affair. The game was effectively over afterVenkatesh Prasad destroyed the Bangladesh top order to leave the hosts struggling at 4/31. Earlier, skipperAmre had played the best knock of the tournament. Under pressure, after scoring only 14 runs in the three league games, the Indian captain answered his critics in an emphatic manner. Nimble use of foot and crisp timing were the highlights of his match winning innings of 88*.Ganguly, playing his only game in the trophy stroked a classy 39, whileDravid contributed 37.

SkipperAkram Khan led a spirited recovery by sharing 54 withMinhajul Abedin for the fifth wicket, but by the timeSairaj Bahutule dismissed the Bangladesh captain for 66, the game was effectively over.Akram's effort was gallant but fruitless.

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