HISTORY OF ASIA CUP:


The Asia Cup is an international cricket tournament. It was conceived in 1983 when the Asian Cricket Council was created as a measure to promote goodwill between Asian countries. It was originally scheduled to be held every two years. The first edition was held in 1984 in Sharjah, UAE where the council's offices were based (until 1995). The International Cricket Council has ruled that all games played for the Asia Cup have official One Day International status. Indian cricket team has lifted the Asia cup the most times (4) and appeared in every final apart from the 1986 and 2000 cup, which India boycotted due to soured relations with host nations Sri Lanka.

The ACC have announced that the tournament will be held biennially from 2008 onwards.