The Asia Cup Winners List is more than a list of champions it is a live account that of one the world’s most revered cricket tournaments around the world. Since its beginning back in 1984 it has been it has been the Asia Cup has been a arena where the biggest players in cricket from the subcontinent -including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and later Afghanistan and other countries have fought for supremacy in the continent. Over time, this tournament has transformed from a modest ODI competition to an event that has multiple formats, switching between T20Is and ODIs in order to keep up with the international cricket calendar.

Every edition of the Asia Cup tells a unique tale starting with India’s dominance during the initial stages, to Sri Lanka’s growth into a formidable force, Pakistan’s rabid victories and Bangladesh’s rise from being a stumbling block to a serious contender. The games have resulted in unforgettable finales, dramatic endings and memorable performances by players, and events that have changed Asian cricket’s time and again. It was India winning the inaugural trophy during 1984, or the Sri Lankan team’s incredible victories on its home turf or the nail-biting finals in Bangladesh and Bangladesh, it is clear that the Asia Cup has consistently delivered dramatic cricket with high-voltage.

In examining the entire winners list from 1984 until 2025 the article not just provides a brief overview in tabular form, but also provides a deep dive into each issue, highlighting the story of the season as well as the final scores of matches outstanding athletes, the prize funds and the legacy that each tournament left behind. And here’s the name of the players who took part in the Asia Cup.

1. India
2. Sri Lanka
3. Pakistan
4. Bangladesh
5. Afghanistan
6. Hong Kong

However, do you know who took home in the inaugural Asia cup? And at what time the Asia cup was first introduced? How many Asia cup series/seasons have been completed up to now. Which team has won it the Asia Cup title for maximum duration. Whatever question you have on this page we’re ready to respond to every queries related to Asia cup winners’ list of seasons starting (past to the present).

History or Quick Intro of Asia Cup

The very first Asia Cup series was played 36 years ago, in 1984 in Sharjah located in the United Arab Emirates where the council’s office was located (until) 1995.In the beginning, it was the ACC Asia Cup was a men’s One Day International cricket match with 50/50-overs. However, in the present it has evolved into a Twenty20 International cricket tournament. In addition, the ACC (Asian Cricket Council) has declared that the event will be played annually beginning in 2008 and ICC has declared that all matches played in the Asia Cup have official ODI designation.

Asia Cup Cricket Winners List

Here is a comprehensive collection of Asia Cup winners from all seasons, from past to present.

Which Team Won Maximum Asia Cup Series

Total Asia Cup Series Played – 16
India Won – 8 Series
Sri Lanka Won – 6 Series
Pakistan Won – 2 Series

ASIA CUP become ODI to Twenty 20 Cricket Game

Following the curtailment of in the ACC at the end of 2015, it has been announced by the ICC that the Asia Cup event from 2016 will be played on a rotating basis, with the event being played in a One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International format. We are able to see that in this season (2023) the Asia Cup even is being played with an ODI format.

Asia Cup 1984 Winner – India (Season 1)

The inaugural version of the Asia Cup was held in 1984 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and it was a round-robin competition that included India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The opening match occurred by Pakistan along with Sri Lanka. The final match occurred between India and Sri Lanka and India becomes the first winner to emerge from series one of the Asia Cup in 1984. In the inaugural series of the Asia Cup India won 2 matches, while Sri Lanka becomes the runner up with one win against Pakistan while the Pakistan team returned home without winning a single match during the first campaign in the Asia Cup.

• Introduction The first Asia Cup was held in Sharjah, UAE. The three teams (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) took part in a round-robin style with no knockout or final match.
• Final Score In the absence of no final match, India won the table of points.
• Player of the Series Man of the The Tournament: Surinder Khanna (India) -He was awarded the title of Player of the Series for his contributions to the game (notable innings in the event).
• Prize money not documented in credible public sources.
• Host Nation: UAE.
• Captain(s): Sunil Gavaskar captained India.

Asia Cup 1986 Winner – Sri Lanka (Season 2)

Second season Asia Cup was hosted by the former team which finished runners-up Sri Lanka. It was the first international cricket series. India was unable to participate in the tournament due to strained relationship to Sri Lanka after a controversial series played in Sri Lanka the previous year. This is the very first time that Bangladesh took part in the Asia Cup and the final match was played between Sri Lanka and Pakistan where Sri Lanka beats Pakistan by five wickets to become the winner of the Asia Cup series 2 in 1986. The final score of the match was as the following:

• Final Match Score : Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets at the conclusion.
  • Sri Lanka – 195/5 (42.2 Overs)
  • Pakistan – 191/9 (45 Overs)
• Player of the Series: Arjuna Ranatunga (Sri Lanka) was the Player of the Series.
• Prize money It is not listed in readily accessible sources.
• Host: Sri Lanka.
• Captain: Duleep Mendis for Sri Lanka.

Asia Cup 1988 Winner – India (Season 3)

The third season of the Asia cup was held by Bangladesh in 1988. This was the first international cricket tournament of this type was played in Bangladesh. The final match was played by India with Sri Lanka once again at Dhaka where India took on Sri Lanka by 6 wickets and took the 3 ^3rd series of the Asia Cup the final match result was as follows:

• Final Match Score : India beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets .
  • Sri Lanka – All out 176 (43.5 overs)
  • India 180/4 (37.1 overs)
• Player of the Series: Navjot Singh Sidhu (India).
• Prize Money: No reliable data found.
• Host: Bangladesh.
• Captain: Dilip Vengsarkar captained India.

Asia Cup 1990-91 Winner – India (Season 4)

The fourth edition of the Asia Cup series was hosted by India. Pakistan had withdrawn from the tournament due in part to the strained relations between the two countries. India. India kept their place in the Asia Cup defeating Sri Lanka in the final game that was played at the Eden Garden of Kolkata and the score read as the following:

• Final Match Score : India defeated Sri Lanka by 7 wickets .
  • Sri Lanka – 204/9 (45 overs)
  • India 203/3 (42.1 Overs)
• Game in the Series Player of the Series: Not given or clearly stated.
• Prize Money: Not available.
• Host: India.
• Captain: Mohammad Azharuddin for India.

Asia Cup 1993

The event was cancelled due to tensions in political relations that exist between India as well as Pakistan.

Asia Cup 1995 Winner – India (Season 5)

The fifth season of the Asia cup returns at UAE, Sharjah. India along with Sri Lanka made it to the final because of more runs than Pakistan since the three teams were all equal points at the end of the initial round. For the third time in succession, India defeated Sri Lanka in the final by eight wickets. Highlights of the final score can be found below:

• Final Match Score : India beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets .
  • Sri Lanka – 230/7 (50 overs)
  • India – 223/2 (41.5 overs)
• Player of the Series: Navjot Singh Sidhu.
• Prize Cash not documented.
• Host: UAE.
• Captain: Mohammad Azharuddin for India.

Asia Cup 1997 Winner – Sri Lanka (Season 6)

This year’s tournament took place in Sri Lanka and the final match was played once time India as well as Sri Lanka at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo in which Sri Lanka defeated India by 8 wickets. Sri Lanka was the eventual winner of the Asia Cup Series 6. The final score of the match was as below:

• Final Match Score : Sri Lanka beat India by 8 wickets In the end.
  • Sri Lanka – 240/2 (36.5 overs)
  • India 239/7 (50 overs)
• Player of the Series: Arjuna Ranatunga.
• Prize Cash It is not recorded clearly.
• Host: Sri Lanka.
• Captain: Arjuna Ranatunga.

Asia Cup 2000 Winner – Pakistan (Season 7)

It was the seventh ^7th season of the Asia Cup and hosted by Bangladesh for the second time since 2000. Pakistan along with Sri Lanka qualify for the final match. India has only won one game against Bangladesh and was not able to get into the final game first time around. The final game was played in Dhaka in between Sri Lanka and Pakistan where Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 39 runs the final score of the match is as below:

• Final Match Score : Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 39 runs .
  • Sri Lanka – 238 all out (45.2 overs)
  • Pakistan – 277/4 (50 overs)
• Player of the Series: Yousuf Youhana.
• Prize Cash It is not widely known about.
• Host: Bangladesh (Dhaka).
• Captain: Moin Khan for Pakistan.

Asia Cup 2004 Winner – Sri Lanka (Season 8)

The 8 ^eighth season of the Asia Cup was schedule in 2004 and was played on the island of Sri Lanka. This it was for the first time the tournament was changed to the format of the tournament as two new teams were included in the tournament UAE as well as Hong Kong and game was divided into three stages namely the Group Stage Super Fours, Group Stage and the Final. The group was divided into 3 teams per group, totalling 2 groups were present. Bangladesh was the only team to being able to reach the second stage of an important event for the very first time but they did not perform well during the Super Fours and got eliminated. India as well as Sri Lanka once again qualify for the final game where Sri Lanka defeated India by 25 runs.

• Final Match Score : Sri Lanka beat India by 25 runs .
  • Sri Lanka – 228/9 (50 overs)
  • India 203/9 (50 overs)
• Player of the Series: Sanath Jayasuriya.
• Prize Cash Particular figures cannot be readily available in public archives.
• Host: Sri Lanka.
• Captain: Marvan Atapattu for Sri Lanka.

Asia Cup 2008 Winner – Sri Lanka ( Season 9 )

The format of 2004 was reintroduced for the 9 ^ninth edition of Asia Cup which was hosted by Pakistan. This time, Sri Lanka and India reach the top and played the final match on the 6 ^{July 2008.} June 2008. The final game was played in Karachi in which Sri Lanka once again defeated India by 100 runs to became the crowned winner of the Asia Cup series 9. Sri Lanka’s newest mystery spinner, Ajantha Mendis, smashed 6/13 and bowled Sri Lanka to a 100 runs victory. The team also voted him the Tournament’s Player the final score reads as the following:

• Final Match Score : Sri Lanka beat India by 100 runs .
  • Sri Lanka – 273 all out (49.5 overs)
  • India 173 in (39.3 overs)
• Player of the Series: Ajantha Mendis.
• Prize Cash It is not reported clearly.
• Host: Pakistan.
• Captain: Mahela Jayawardene for Sri Lanka.

Asia Cup 2010 Winner – India ( Season 10 )

The 10 ^10th season of the Asia Cup was held in Sri Lanka this time 2004 series format was altered since this season, only four test players from Asian nations were represented and seven matches were played in the entire series (including one final game). This time around Sri Lanka and India entered for the final match of this season. India beat Sri Lanka by 81 runs the final game was played in Dambulla and the result was as the following:

• Final Match Score : India beat Sri Lanka by 81 runs .
  • Sri Lanka – 187 all out (44.4 overs)
  • India 268/6 (50 overs)
• Player of the Series: Shahid Afridi.
• Prize Cash Not well reported for this edition.
• Host: Sri Lanka.
• Captain: MS Dhoni for India.

Asia Cup 2012 Winner – Pakistan (Season 11)

It was the eleven ^{season of Asia Cup.} season of the Asia Cup which was once again hosted by Bangladesh in 2012. The 2012 match was scheduled from 11 ^the March 2012 until 22 ^2nd March, 2012. This marked the first occasion in the history of Cricket when Bangladesh was in the final match of the Asia cup. The Bangladesh team beat India as well as the Sri Lanka team before entered the final game. The final game took place by Pakistan with Bangladesh and, unfortunately, Bangladesh lost this match by 2 runs. Shakib Al Hasan from Bangladesh was declared to be the best player for the tournament. The final score of the game was as according to:

• Final Match Score : Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 2 runs to a thrilling end.
  • Pakistan – 236/9 (50 overs)
  • Bangladesh – 234/8 (50 overs)
• Player of the Series: Shakib Al Hasan.
• Prize Cash The prize money is not clearly accessible in the public sources of detail.
• Host: Bangladesh.
• Captain: Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan).

Asia Cup 2014 Winner – Sri Lanka (Season 12)

The 12th season of the Asia Cup was once again hosted by Bangladesh which ran between 25 ^{February 2014 to 08} February 2014 until 8 ⁰³ March 2014. In this year, another team is included in the Asia Cup “Afghanistan” total five teams played in the 12 ^{of the} season of the Asia cup. In the final game, Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets in the final match. highlights of the match are as follows;

• Final Match Score : Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 5 wickets .
  • Sri Lanka – 261/5 (46.2 Overs)
  • Pakistan – 260/5 ( 50 overs)
• Player of the Series: Lahiru Thirimanne.
• Prize Cash It is not clear if it is accessible.
• Host: Bangladesh.
• Captain: Angelo Mathews for Sri Lanka.

Asia Cup 2016 Winner – India (Season 13)

Three seasons in consecutive years for the Asia cup was held by Bangladesh in the thirteen ^{season. The 13th} season. Asia cup was scheduled starting from 24 ^on February 2016 until 6 ⁶ March of the year 2016. After the Asian Cricket Council downsized by ICC in 2015 It was announced the Asia Cup tournaments will be held on a rotating basis, in ODI as well as T20I format. The result is that this season of the Asia cup is played in a T20 cricket format. We will find out who is the winner of the Asia Cup 2016. We will publish the name on this page. Bookmark to save it.

India took home in the Asia Cup T20 (2016) after defeating Bangladesh 8 wickets. The last match’s score highlights as below:

• Final Match Score : India beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets .
  • Bangladesh Score: 120/5
  • India Score: 122/2
• Game of the Year: Sabbir Rahman (Bangladesh) was named Player of the Tournament.
• Prize Cash not widely known The boards could offer internal rewards.
• Host: Bangladesh.
• Captain: MS Dhoni for India.

Asia Cup 2018 Winner – India (Season 14)

In the UAE in the ODI format. The team was expanded (including associate or qualifier participation).

• Final Match Score : India beat Bangladesh by 3 wickets .
  • India: 223/7 (50 overs)
  • Bangladesh: 222 (48.3 overs)
• Player of the Series: Shikhar Dhawan.
• Prize money Sources for the Asia Cup 2018 mention prize pool. The exact amount of the prize differs in reports, but is more standardized than the more recent editions.
• Host: UAE.
• Captain: Rohit Sharma for India.

Asia Cup 2022 Winner – Sri Lanka ( Season 15 )

Returning to T20I format after a few versions in ODI. Hosted by UAE. Six teams.

• Final Match Score : Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 23 runs .
  • Sri Lanka: 170/6 (20 overs)
  • Bangladesh: 147 (20 overs)
• Game of the Year: Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) for his contributions to the team across all matches.
• Prize money not widely documented in the public domain Internal rewards are announced by ACC and other participating boards might however, they are not always accessible in public archives.
• Host: UAE.
• Captain: Dasun Shanaka for Sri Lanka.
• Man of the Final match: Bhanuka Rajapaksa, with an unbeaten record of 71.

Asia Cup 2023 Winner – India (Season 16)

This season, the 16th of Asia Cup is starts from 30th August 2023. In the tournament, there were 4 teams participating with their name as below:

• India
• Sri Lanka
• Pakistan
• Bangladesh

The final game was scheduled until 17th September 2023, which was defeated with India in 10 wickets. Sri Lanka captains took the toss and chose to bat first. However, due to the fury caused by Indian quick spinner Mohammed Siraj the Srilankan team did not last long and scored 06 wickets in seven overs, and then the team went gone in just 50 runs that the Indian team chased with ease. The game was a 50 over ODI since it was the last season’s T20 that ended with Sri Lanka and this time India was awarded the Asia Cup 2023 Title.

• Final Match Score : India beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets .
  • Sri Lanka: 50 (All Out) (15.2 over)
  • India: 51 (6.1 Over)
• Player of the Series: Kuldeep Yadav.
• Prize Cash The winner’s prize is estimated at USD 150,000 the runners-up are around $ 75,000 in reports from the media.
• Host: Sri Lanka & Pakistan.
• Captain: Rohit Sharma (India).
• “Man of the Final”: Mohammed Siraj, who took six wickets to score 21 runs at the end of the game.

Asia Cup 2025 Winner – India (Season 17)

The Asia Cup 2025 has reached its highly anticipated climax, with the arch-rivals India and Pakistan ready to meet in the final match at the Dubai International Stadium on 28 September 2025. The tournament was played in the T20I format This year’s tournament comprised eight teams

1. India
2. Pakistan
3. Sri Lanka
4. Bangladesh
5. Afghanistan
6. Hong Kong
7. UAE
8. Oman

But the two traditional powerhouses have proven once more their supremacy. India started the tournament as the reigning champions as Pakistan displayed a great consistency during the knockout and group stage matches to secure their place in the final. With both teams in top form the final promises to be a high-octane match which will feature intense rivalry as well as top-of-the-line cricket. Many fans across Asia and the rest of the world are eagerly awaiting the showdown and will determine the ultimate winner of Asian cricket in 2025.

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