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The much-awaited Asia Cup in the ODI format is commencing on August 30. The tournament is being looked at as a perfect preparation for the teams like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka ahead of the World Cup. Moreover, the ODI Asia Cup is happening for the first time since 2018 as the previous edition was played in the T20 format keeping the World Cup in the shortest format in mind.

Please watch the video to know some interesting fcats about the Asia Cup 2023.

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00:00 The much-awaited Asia Cup in the ODI format is commencing on August 30.
00:07 The tournament is being looked at as a perfect preparation for the teams like India, Pakistan,
00:14 Bangladesh and Sri Lanka ahead of the World Cup.
00:18 Moreover, the ODI Asia Cup is happening for the first time since 2018 as the previous
00:25 edition was played in the T20 format, keeping the World Cup in the shortest format in mind.
00:32 India had won the previous edition of the ODI Asia Cup, beating Bangladesh in a thrilling
00:38 final.
00:39 Moreover, Virat Kohli will be featuring in the 50-over Asian tournament for the first
00:45 time since 2014 as he had opted to rest in 2018.
00:51 Ahead of the upcoming edition of the Asia Cup, we list out 5 interesting facts of the
00:57 tournament that will leave you stunned.
01:00 1.
01:01 Only one Indian bowler has picked up a 5-wicket howl in the ODI Asia Cup and he is Arshad
01:09 Ryu.
01:10 Interestingly, he was also the first ever bowler to pick 5 wickets in an innings in
01:17 the 50-over format of the competition back in 1988.
01:23 Since then, no Indian bowler has picked up a fiffer in Asia Cup.
01:28 Bhuvneshwar Kumar accounted for a 5-wicket howl against Afghanistan last year in a T20
01:35 Asia Cup.
01:36 2.
01:37 Pakistan holds the embracing record of conceding most extras in the history of Asia Cup.
01:44 The men in green has conceded a massive 38 extras against India in 2000 and 2004 and
01:52 on both occasions.
01:54 But they ended up winning the match by 44 and 59 runs respectively.
02:00 3.
02:01 Asia Cup was first played in 1984 and it took 34 years for the tournament to witness its
02:08 first tied match.
02:10 India and Afghanistan played out a thrilling tie in the 2018 edition of the tournament.
02:17 No match has ever ended in a tie in the T20 Asia Cup too.
02:22 4.
02:23 The last non-Sri Lanka bowler to pick up a 5-wicket howl in the Asia Cup was Sohail Tanvir
02:30 back in 2008.
02:32 Since then, a total of 7 5-wickets howl have been registered in the ODI Asia Cup and all
02:38 of them have been from Sri Lankan players.
02:42 Last but not the least, 5.
02:44 Rohit Sharma scored his last century in Asia Cup in 2018 edition against Pakistan.
02:51 It was the 50th century in the Asia Cup history while Linton Das is the last centurion of
02:58 ODI Asia Cup.
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