Asia Cup winners over the years
The ACC Asia Cup is a men's One-Day Internationals & Twenty20 International cricket tournament that was first played way back in 1984. It was founded as a measure to promote goodwill between Asian countries and was originally scheduled to be held every two years.
So far, 14 editions of this tournament have taken place in which India have emerged as the most successful team, winning seven titles. Sri Lanka and Pakistan follow India as they have won five and two titles respectively.
Here are the names of the countries along with the year in which they won the tournament.
1984, United Arab Emirates: India
India defeated Sri Lanka 2-0 in the finals to register the tournament in their name under the captaincy of Sunil Gavaskar.
1986, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka
The second edition was won by the host country Sri Lanka after they defeated Pakistan in the finals by 5 wickets. Duleep Mendis was the captain of the Sri Lankan team at that time.
1988, Bangladesh: India
India won their second title after defeating Sri Lanka in the finals by 6 wickets. Dilip Vensarkar captained India to victory.
1990-91, India: India
India won their second consecutive title after defeating Sri Lanka in the finals by 7 wickets. Mohammed Azharuddin led India to the title.
1995, United Arab Emirates: India
India made a hat-trick of winning the titles after they beat Sri Lanka in the finals by 8 wickets. It was the second consecutive title under Azharuddin for India.
1997, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka won their second Asia Cup title, which came under the captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga. They defeated defending champions India by eight wickets in the finals.
2000, Bangladesh: Pakistan
Pakistan won their maiden Asia Cup title after defeating Sri Lanka by 39 runs in the final match. Moin Khan led them to the title.
2004, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka defeated India by 25 runs to win their third Asia Cup title. Marvan Atapattu led them to this victory.
2008, Pakistan: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka defended their title after they defeated India in the finals by 100 runs. This came for them under the captaincy of Mahela Jayawardena.
2010, Sri Lanka: India
MS Dhoni led India to their fifth Asia Cup title as they defeated Sri Lanka by 81 runs in the finals.
2012, Bangladesh: Pakistan
Misbah-Ul-Haq led Pakistan to their second title after they won it against Bangladesh in the finals by 2 runs.
2014, Bangladesh: Sri Lanka
Angelo Mathews won the fifth title for Sri Lanka after they defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets in the finals.
2016, Bangladesh: India
MS Dhoni led India to victory to their sixth Asia Cup title, which was also his second as captain. India defeated Bangladesh by eight wickets in the final match to clinch the first-ever T20I version of the tournament.
2018, UAE: India
The Men in Blue continued their dominant run in the Asia Cup, winning the elusive title for the seventh time. They defeated neighbors Bangladesh in the final by three wickets in Dubai. Riding on an all-round effort from the batters, India chased down 223 runs to lift the title.