Asia Cup 2023: Here Are The Winners Of Last 15 Asia Cup Finals Held So Far
In the 15 editions held so far, SL has been part of the finals on 12 occasions whereas India has reached the finals 10 times.
Asia Cup 2023: India will take on Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup 2023 final at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday.
These two sides last played against each other in match four of the Super Fours stage of Asia Cup 2023, in which the Rohit Sharma-led team won the match by 41 runs.
India enter the final match after a disappointing loss against the Bangladesh team on Friday. Considering it was a dead rubber, India made five changes to their playing XI and rested Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav. They were replaced by Tilak Varma, Mohammad Shami, Prasidh Krishna, Suryakumar Yadav and Shardul Thakur.
Sri Lanka on the other hand will be confident ahead of the final match as they won a last-ball thriller against Pakistan to qualify. Charith Asalanka broke the hearts of the Pakistan team as he hit the winning runs to help his team get over the line.
Now, all eyes would be on the finals which would decide who becomes Asia's supreme team and with the ICC Cricket World Cup around the corner, a tournament win will definitely boost the confidence of the winning team.
Meanwhile, let's find out the history of the Asia Cup Finals held so far since the inception of the tournament in 1984. The 2023 edition is the 16th edition of the ACC Men’s Asia Cup.
Who Has Won The Most Number Of Asia Cup Titles?
India leads the table when it comes to the most number of Asia Cup title wins with 7 trophies followed by Sri Lanka who have won the multi national tournament 6 times. Pakistan has won the Asia Cup twice.
Here are important stats from the 15 finals held so far of the Asia Cup tournament:
Finals Played:
India: 10
Sri Lanka: 12
Pakistan: 5
Bangladesh: 3
Asia Cup Champions:
India: 7
Sri Lanka: 6
Pakistan: 2
Bangladesh: 0
In the 15 editions of the Asia Cup tournament held so far, Sri Lanka has been part of the finals on 12 occasions whereas India has reached the finals 10 times.
Out of the last 15 finals, India and Sri Lanka have played each other 8 times in the finals of the Asia Cup tournament.
The 2023 final will be the 9th occasion these two teams meet each other in a final of Asia Cup.
