If the World Cup win in 1983 introduced cricket into each family in India, the Asia Cup victory in 1984 made the sport much more common and helped many younger Indians aspire to be cricketers.
The Asia Cup in 1984 was referred to as the Rothmans Asia Cup and was the primary version of the identical. It was held in Sharjah on the United Arab Emirates from April 6 to April 13 with three groups collaborating in it — India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
It was a round-robin sort match with every staff taking part in the opposite two groups as soon as and the one with most factors gained the cup. India gained each their video games whereas Sri Lanka misplaced to India however beat Pakistan. Pakistan misplaced each the matches.
India had defeated Sri Lanka convincingly on April 8 by 10 wickets after electing to discipline first and bowling them out for simply 96 from 41 overs. Chetan Sharma and Madan Lal grabbed three wickets every, whereas Manoj Prabhakar had two to his identify. Chasing 97 to win, India reached the whole in simply 21.4 overs with Surinder Khanna remaining not out on 51off 69 balls whereas Ghulam Parkar scored a 68-ball 32.
Few days later, on April 13, India confronted Pakistan and a win would have made them the champions in the primary version of the match.
In a 46-over affair, India captain Sunil Gavaskar gained the toss and elected to bat first, Khanna as soon as once more gave India a great begin and scored 56 off 72 earlier than getting out. However, Gavaskar (36*) and Sandeep Patil (43) made necessary contributions to assist India submit 188/4 from their 46 overs.
Chasing 189, Pakistan misplaced wickets at common intervals and barring opener Mohsin Khan (35 off 65 balls), no person fairly bought in and will assist in the chase. Captain Zaheer Abbas did hold in there however as soon as he was the eighth wicket to fall, Pakistan’s hopes diminished they usually folded for 134 from 39.4 overs. Ravi Shastri (3/40) and Roger Binny (3/33) have been the choose asthe bowlers for India they usually gained the sport by 54 runs.
That was India’s first Asia Cup title and since then, the Men in Blue have gone on to win the Asia Cup seven instances.
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