da blaze casino： Cricinfo takes a look at a few numbers from Asia Cups in the past

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Asian giant: Sanath Jayasuriya is the leading run-scorer and wicket-taker in the Asia Cup © AFP
1 – Matches won by Bangladesh in the Asia Cup, out of 21. Their only win came against Hong Kong in 2004, but they’ve lost all their matches against Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India. 3 – Five-fors in 52 matches played in the Asia Cup. Two Pakistanis and two offspinners among the three: Aaqib Javed, Arshad Ayub and Saqlain Mushtaq. 4 – Number of times India have won the tournament, which is the highest. Sri Lanka have won it thrice, while Pakistan’s only triumph came in 2000. Also, innings in which a team has managed to score 300 or more, all by Pakistan. Their highest is 343 for 5 against Hong Kong in 2004. 6 – Wins for Sri Lanka against Pakistan in the tournament. They’ve lost to them three times. India have won twice against Pakistan and lost thrice. 9 – Matches won by Arjuna Ranatunga out of the 13 in which he captained Sri Lanka, the highest for a captain in the Asia Cup. Moin Khan won all six matches in which he led Pakistan. Bangladesh’s Akram Khan lost all six. 16.28 – Irfan Pathan’s bowling average in the Asia Cup, with his 14 wickets in six matches in 2004 being the best haul in a single edition. A surprise second is Sachin Tendulkar, who took 12 at 12.25 in the same tournament. 17 – Centuries scored in the Asia Cup, of which Sanath Jayasuriya has managed four. Shoaib Malik is the only other batsman with two hundreds. 20 – Wickets for Jayasuriya, which is again the highest for any bowler in the Asia Cup. Chaminda Vaas is next with 18, while Muttiah Muralitharan has 16. 21 – Matches won by Sri Lanka, out of 30. Their win-loss ratio of 2.33 is the best in the tournament, followed by Pakistan’s 1.75 (14 wins, 8 losses). India are third with a ratio of 1.50 (15 wins, 10 losses). 21.67 – Mahela Jayawardene’s batting average in Asia Cups. In eight innings he has only managed one half-century. 25 – The players among the 90 participating this year who featured in the 2004 Asia Cup. All six teams – Pakistan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates – also played in 2004. Of the 25, Sri Lanka have seven, Hong Kong five, Pakistan four, while India, Bangladesh and UAE have just three players from the previous tournament. 35 – Matches won by the teams winning the toss, with 16 losses. 78.40 – Mohammad Yousuf’s batting average in the Asia Cup, with 392 runs in eight innings. 86 – The runs conceded by T Kumaran in a match against Pakistan in Dhaka in 2000, the most given by a bowler in a Asia Cup game. 100.31 – Shoaib Malik’s strike-rate in the Asia Cup. He averages 63.20, with two centuries in five innings. 144 – The highest individual score, by Younis Khan against Hong Kong in 2004. Malik scored one less against India the same year. 158 – The number of runs Sanath Jayasuriya needs to become the first batsman to score 1000 runs in Asia Cup matches. He is currently the highest run-getter, with 842 at an average of 46.77 and a strike rate of 94.60. 223 – The biggest stand in the Asia Cup, by Shoaib Malik and Younis Khan for the third wicket, against Hong Kong in 2004. 233 – Pakistan’s margin of victory against Bangladesh in 2000, the largest (by runs) for the tournament, the fifth-biggest in all ODIs and Pakistan’s best. Bangladesh scored 87 in that game, the lowest total in the Asia Cup.316 – Malik’s run-tally in the 2004 Asia Cup, the most for a batsman in one edition of the tournament.