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| Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
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| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin andKnockout |
| Host(s) | Sri Lanka |
| Champions |  Sri Lanka (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  India |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 7 |
| Player of the series | Arjuna Ranatunga |
| Most runs | Arjuna Ranatunga (272) |
| Most wickets | Venkatesh Prasad (7) |
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The1997 Asia Cup (also known as thePepsi Asia Cup 1997) was the sixthAsia Cup tournament, and the second to be held inSri Lanka. The tournament took place between July 14–26, 1997. Four teams took part in the tournament:India,Pakistan,Sri Lanka andBangladesh.
The 1997 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 where Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets to win its second Asia Cup and ending India's three consecutive championship run.
| Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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| Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.035 |
| India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.405 |
 Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.940 |
 Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.895 |
14 July 1997 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 15 runs R Premadasa Stadium,Colombo Umpires:Shyam Bansal (Ind) andS Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match:Marvan Atapattu (SL) |
16 July 1997 Scorecard |
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Pakistan won by 105 runs R Premadasa Stadium,Colombo Umpires:Shyam Bansal (Ind) andB. C. Cooray (SL) Player of the match:Saeed Anwar (Pak) |
18 July 1997 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets R Premadasa Stadium,Colombo Umpires:Mohammad Nazir (Pak) andSaleem Badar (Pak) Player of the match:Arjuna Ranatunga (SL) |
20 July 1997 Scorecard |
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22 July 1997 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 103 runs SSCG,Colombo Umpires:Saleem Badar (Pak) andS Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match:Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) |
24 July 1997 Scorecard |
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India won by 9 wickets SSCG,Colombo Umpires:K. T. Francis (SL) andMohammad Nazir (Pak) Player of the match:Sourav Ganguly (Ind) |
26 July 1997 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo Umpires:Mohammad Nazir (Pak) andSaleem Badar (Pak) Player of the match:MS Atapattu (SL) |
| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 4 | 4 | 272 | 136.00 | 88.02 | 131* | 1 | 2 | 29 | 3 |
| Marvan Atapattu | 4 | 4 | 255 | 85.00 | 73.91 | 84* | 0 | 3 | 18 | 1 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 4 | 4 | 204 | 51.00 | 115.25 | 108 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | 4 | 3 | 185 | 185.00 | 82.22 | 81* | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| Athar Ali Khan | 3 | 3 | 157 | 52.33 | 62.30 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 |
| Source:Cricinfo[2] | ||||||||||
| Player | Matches | Innings | Wickets | Overs | Econ. | Ave. | BBI | S/R | 4WI | 5WI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venkatesh Prasad | 4 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 6.07 | 17.00 | 4/17 | 20.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19.3 | 6.53 | 12.66 | 5/38 | 19.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 4 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 6.27 | 24.50 | 4/49 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robin Singh | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 6.10 | 13.60 | 3/13 | 19.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chaminda Vaas | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 7.57 | 19.40 | 2/32 | 26.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Source:Cricinfo[3] | ||||||||||