Litton Das stars as Bangladesh beat Hong Kong by seven wickets
BAN vs HKG Highlights, Asia Cup 3rd T20I, Bangladesh vs Hong Kong: After good bowling ensured a very manageable target of 144 for Bangladesh, captain Litton Das first reestablished the innings after early wickets, then saw his team through to the end with a fine innings of ASIA CUP.
WHAT IS ASIA CUP?
The Men’s Asia Cup is the biennial cricket tournament organized by the Asian Cricket Council. The competition is contested by Asian members’ senior men’s national cricket teams, determining the continental champion of Asia. [3] It was established in 1983 when the Asian Cricket Council was founded as a measure to promote goodwill between Asian countries being the only continental championship in cricket where the winning team becomes the champion of Asia. India boycotted the 1986 tournament due to strained cricketing relations with Sri Lanka. Pakistan boycotted the 1990–91 tournament due to strained political relations with India and the 1993 tournament was cancelled for the same reason. The ACC announced that the tournament would be held biennially from 2009 onwards. The ICC has ruled that all games played in the Asia Cup have official ODI status.
| MEN’S ASIA CUP | |
| Administrator | Asian Cricket Council |
|---|---|
| Format | ODI and T20I |
| First edition | 1984 |
| Latest edition | 2023 |
| Next edition | 2025 |
| Tournament format | Group stage and knockouts |
| Current champion |  India (8th title) |
| Most successful | India (8 titles) |
| Most runs | Sanath Jayasuriya (1220)[1] |
| Most wickets | Lasith Malinga (33)[2] |
| Website | asiancricket.org |
After downsizing the Asian Cricket Council in 2015, it was announced by the ICC that Asia Cup events from 2016 would be played on a rotation basis between One Day International and Twenty20 International format, on the basis of the format of upcoming world events. As a result, the 2016 event was the first event played in the T20I format and functioned as a preparatory tournament ahead of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20.
India, with eight titles (seven ODI and one T20I), is the most successful team in the tournament. Sri Lanka is the second most successful team, with six, while Pakistan have won two titles. Sri Lanka has played the most Asia Cups (16) followed by India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (15 each).
WINNERS OF ACC ASIA CUP
| Season | Format | Champion |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | ODI | India |
| 1986 | ODI |  Sri Lanka |
| 1988 | ODI | India (2) |
| 1990–91 | ODI | India (3) |
| 1995 | ODI | India (4) |
| 1997 | ODI | Sri Lanka (2) |
| 2000 | ODI |  Pakistan |
| 2004 | ODI | Sri Lanka (3) |
| 2008 | ODI | Sri Lanka (4) |
| 2010 | ODI | India (5) |
| 2012 | ODI | Pakistan (2) |
| 2014 | ODI | Sri Lanka (5) |
| 2016 | T20I | India (6) |
| 2018 | ODI | India (7) |
| 2022 | T20I | Sri Lanka (6) |
| 2023 | ODI | India (8) |
| 2025 | T20I |