Sanath Jayasuriya's blazing knock of 125 saw Sri Lanka register a comprehensive 100-run victory over India in the final of the Asia Cup in Karachi on Sunday.
Jayasuriya's second century of the tournament also saw him finish as the highest scorer in the tournament with a tally of 378 in five matches at an average of 75.60. India's Suresh Raina finished a close second, with 372 runs in six matches at 74.40.
Sri Lanka's latest spin sensation Ajantha Mendis, who claimed a mesmerising six-wicket in the final, emerged as the highest wicket-taker in the tournament with 17 wickets in five matches at an average of 8.52. His senior spin partner Muttiah Muralitharan, finished with 11 wickets in five matches.
Rajneesh Gupta presents a detailed statistical analysis of the tournament.
(Batting Averages)
Sri Lanka
| Batsman | Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Avg | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 5 | 5 | 0 | 378 | 130 | 75.60 | 126.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| KC Sangakkara | 6 | 6 | 0 | 345 | 121 | 57.50 | 99.14 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| CK Kapugedera | 6 | 6 | 0 | 209 | 75 | 34.83 | 92.48 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DPMD Jayawardena | 6 | 6 | 0 | 177 | 61 | 29.50 | 85.51 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| TM Dilshan | 6 | 6 | 0 | 134 | 56 | 22.33 | 84.28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| LPC Silva | 6 | 6 | 0 | 126 | 50 | 21.00 | 82.35 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| N Kulasekara | 6 | 6 | 4 | 92 | 37 | 46.00 | 91.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MTT Mirando | 5 | 5 | 0 | 76 | 28 | 15.20 | 115.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ML Udawatte | 1 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 67 | 67.00 | 90.54 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K Weeraratne | 2 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 40 | 31.50 | 87.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BAW Mendis | 5 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 15* | 46.00 | 158.62 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WPUJC Vaas | 4 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 19 | 14.33 | 60.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M Muralitharan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4.00 | 114.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CRD Fernando | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0* | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
India
| Batsman | Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 0s |
| SK Raina | 6 | 6 | 1 | 372 | 116* | 74.40 | 110.39 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| V Sehwag | 5 | 5 | 0 | 348 | 119 | 69.60 | 143.80 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| MS Dhoni | 6 | 5 | 2 | 327 | 109* | 109.00 | 91.34 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| G Gambhir | 6 | 6 | 0 | 259 | 90 | 43.17 | 101.17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 5 | 5 | 2 | 157 | 48 | 52.33 | 106.80 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RG Sharma | 6 | 6 | 2 | 116 | 58 | 29.00 | 72.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| IK Pathan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 38* | 40.00 | 129.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RV Uthappa | 3 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 20 | 18.50 | 60.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| I Sharma | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8.00 | 44.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PP Ojha | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6* | - | 35.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P Kumar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | - | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RP Singh | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| YK Pathan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| M Gony | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNB | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P Chawla | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNB | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pakistan
| Batsman | Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Avg | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 |
| Younis Khan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 296 | 123* | 98.67 | 98.01 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Shoaib Malik | 4 | 3 | 1 | 212 | 125* | 106.00 | 92.17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq | 5 | 4 | 2 | 179 | 76 | 89.50 | 107.83 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Salman Butt | 5 | 5 | 1 | 127 | 56* | 31.75 | 78.88 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nasir Jamshed | 2 | 2 | 2 | 105 | 53* | - | 106.06 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mohammad Yousuf | 5 | 4 | 0 | 98 | 30 | 24.50 | 98.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sohail Tanvir | 5 | 3 | 2 | 71 | 59 | 71.00 | 105.97 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fawad Alam | 2 | 1 | 1 | 63 | 63* | - | 81.82 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sarfraz Ahmed | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 13.00 | 56.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shahid Afridi | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4.33 | 86.67 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Iftikhar Anjum | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10.00 | 142.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Umar Gul | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8.00 | 88.89 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mansoor Amjad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wahab Riaz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | - | 20.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abdur Rauf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNB | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saeed Ajmal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNB | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bangladesh
| Batsman | Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 0s |
| Raqibul Hasan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 195 | 83 | 39.00 | 89.45 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Alok Kapali | 5 | 5 | 0 | 172 | 115 | 34.40 | 98.29 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Ashraful | 5 | 5 | 0 | 165 | 109 | 33.00 | 82.09 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tamim Iqbal | 5 | 5 | 0 | 157 | 55 | 31.40 | 68.56 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mushfiqur Rahim | 5 | 5 | 0 | 105 | 44 | 21.00 | 70.95 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nazimuddin | 5 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 47 | 11.80 | 67.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahmudullah | 5 | 5 | 2 | 57 | 26* | 19.00 | 45.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | 5 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 34* | 13.33 | 57.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abdur Razzak | 5 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 22* | 19.00 | 73.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dolar Mahmud | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 20.00 | 222.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Farhad Reza | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4.00 | 17.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shahadat Hossain | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0* | - | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UAE
| Batsman | Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Avg | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 |
| Amjad Javed | 2 | 2 | 0 | 87 | 77 | 43.50 | 97.75 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Khuram Khan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 78 | 40.00 | 90.91 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Arshad Ali | 2 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 41 | 23.50 | 52.81 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saqib Ali | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 19 | 14.50 | 54.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Tauqir | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 18 | 13.50 | 75.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amjad Ali | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 19.00 | 105.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IPP Batuwitarachchi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7.00 | 29.17 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zahid Shah | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6* | - | 55.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V Shetty | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7.00 | 41.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EHSN Silva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7.00 | 53.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N Fernandes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 38.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alawi Shukri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fahad Alhashmi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Aman Ali | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hong Kong
| Batsman | Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 0s |
| Tabarak Dar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 24 | 22.50 | 51.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Atkinson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 23 | 20.50 | 53.95 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Najeeb Aamer | 2 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 21 | 34.00 | 82.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zain Abbas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 26* | - | 48.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Irfan Ahmed | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 12.50 | 56.82 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Munir Dar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 9.00 | 112.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JPR Lamsam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 16.00 | 53.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KH Butt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4.00 | 28.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Skhawat Ali | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4.00 | 34.78 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CK Kruger | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.50 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nadeem Ahmed | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 13.33 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Afzaal Haider | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
(Bowling Averages)
Sri Lanka
| Bowler | Mts | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Best | 5W | Avg | SR | Econ |
| BAW Mendis | 5 | 252 | 3 | 145 | 17 | 6-13 | 2 | 8.53 | 14.82 | 3.45 |
| M Muralitharan | 5 | 288 | 1 | 184 | 11 | 5-31 | 1 | 16.73 | 26.18 | 3.83 |
| WPUJC Vaas | 4 | 180 | 2 | 136 | 5 | 2-55 | 0 | 27.20 | 36.00 | 4.53 |
| N Kulasekara | 6 | 260 | 4 | 216 | 5 | 2-35 | 0 | 43.20 | 52.00 | 4.98 |
| MTT Mirando | 5 | 210 | 0 | 220 | 3 | 2-22 | 0 | 73.33 | 70.00 | 6.29 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 5 | 72 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 1-21 | 0 | 31.00 | 36.00 | 5.17 |
| CRD Fernando | 3 | 144 | 0 | 145 | 2 | 1-40 | 0 | 72.50 | 72.00 | 6.04 |
| LPC Silva | 6 | 24 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1-21 | 0 | 21.00 | 24.00 | 5.25 |
| TM Dilshan | 6 | 54 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1-14 | 0 | 24.00 | 54.00 | 2.67 |
| CK Kapugedera | 6 | 30 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0-25 | 0 | - | - | 5.00 |
| K Weeraratne | 2 | 54 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 0-23 | 0 | - | - | 6.56 |
India
| Bowler | Mts | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Best | 5W | Avg | SR | Econ |
| RP Singh | 5 | 258 | 5 | 239 | 7 | 3-67 | 0 | 34.14 | 36.86 | 5.56 |
| P Chawla | 3 | 150 | 2 | 128 | 6 | 4-23 | 0 | 21.33 | 25.00 | 5.12 |
| I Sharma | 5 | 300 | 2 | 287 | 6 | 3-52 | 0 | 47.83 | 50.00 | 5.74 |
| V Sehwag | 5 | 113 | 0 | 91 | 3 | 2-5 | 0 | 30.33 | 37.67 | 4.83 |
| PP Ojha | 3 | 180 | 1 | 136 | 3 | 2-43 | 0 | 45.33 | 60.00 | 4.53 |
| IK Pathan | 3 | 179 | 1 | 215 | 3 | 2-67 | 0 | 71.67 | 59.67 | 7.21 |
| M Gony | 2 | 78 | 1 | 76 | 2 | 2-65 | 0 | 38.00 | 39.00 | 5.85 |
| YK Pathan | 4 | 198 | 0 | 162 | 2 | 1-37 | 0 | 81.00 | 99.00 | 4.91 |
| P Kumar | 4 | 177 | 1 | 174 | 1 | 1-36 | 0 | 174.00 | 177.00 | 5.90 |
| RG Sharma | 6 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0-4 | 0 | - | - | 3.75 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 5 | 36 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0-13 | 0 | - | - | 6.17 |
Pakistan
| Bowler | Mts | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Best | 5W | Avg | SR | Econ |
| Sohail Tanvir | 5 | 252 | 2 | 241 | 10 | 5-48 | 1 | 24.10 | 25.20 | 5.74 |
| Iftikhar Anjum | 5 | 262 | 8 | 210 | 9 | 3-51 | 0 | 23.33 | 29.11 | 4.81 |
| Abdur Rauf | 2 | 108 | 1 | 90 | 5 | 3-24 | 0 | 18.00 | 21.60 | 5.00 |
| Saeed Ajmal | 2 | 110 | 0 | 66 | 3 | 2-19 | 0 | 22.00 | 36.67 | 3.60 |
| Shahid Afridi | 4 | 228 | 0 | 201 | 3 | 2-31 | 0 | 67.00 | 76.00 | 5.29 |
| Younis Khan | 5 | 31 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1-3 | 0 | 34.00 | 31.00 | 6.58 |
| Mansoor Amjad | 1 | 48 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 1-44 | 0 | 44.00 | 48.00 | 5.50 |
| Wahab Riaz | 1 | 54 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 1-52 | 0 | 52.00 | 54.00 | 5.78 |
| Fawad Alam | 2 | 56 | 0 | 72 | 1 | 1-8 | 0 | 72.00 | 56.00 | 7.71 |
| Shoaib Malik | 4 | 108 | 0 | 82 | 1 | 1-17 | 0 | 82.00 | 108.00 | 4.56 |
| Umar Gul | 2 | 44 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0-6 | 0 | - | - | 3.41 |
| Salman Butt | 5 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0-13 | 0 | - | - | 13.00 |
Bangladesh
| Bowler | Mts | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Best | 5W | Avg | SR | Econ |
| Abdur Razzak | 5 | 278 | 2 | 247 | 7 | 3-20 | 0 | 35.29 | 39.71 | 5.33 |
| Shahadat Hossain | 5 | 209 | 2 | 232 | 6 | 2-60 | 0 | 38.67 | 34.83 | 6.66 |
| Alok Kapali | 5 | 166 | 0 | 165 | 5 | 2-27 | 0 | 33.00 | 33.20 | 5.96 |
| M Mortaza | 5 | 234 | 1 | 242 | 4 | 2-53 | 0 | 60.50 | 58.50 | 6.21 |
| Farhad Reza | 3 | 94 | 1 | 94 | 3 | 2-51 | 0 | 31.33 | 31.33 | 6.00 |
| Mahmudullah | 5 | 216 | 0 | 193 | 3 | 2-38 | 0 | 64.33 | 72.00 | 5.36 |
| Dolar Mahmud | 2 | 55 | 0 | 96 | 1 | 1-47 | 0 | 96.00 | 55.00 | 10.47 |
UAE
| Bowler | Mts | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Best | 5W | Avg | SR | Econ |
| Zahid Shah | 2 | 120 | 1 | 98 | 6 | 3-49 | 0 | 16.33 | 20.00 | 4.90 |
| Mohd Tauqir | 2 | 78 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 2-47 | 0 | 26.50 | 39.00 | 4.08 |
| Fahad Alhashmi | 2 | 60 | 1 | 60 | 2 | 2-39 | 0 | 30.00 | 30.00 | 6.00 |
| Khuram Khan | 2 | 120 | 0 | 133 | 2 | 2-78 | 0 | 66.50 | 60.00 | 6.65 |
| Saqib Ali | 2 | 60 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 1-44 | 0 | 57.00 | 60.00 | 5.70 |
| EHSN Silva | 1 | 42 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0-33 | 0 | - | - | 4.71 |
| Arshad Ali | 2 | 96 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0-26 | 0 | - | - | 6.25 |
| Aman Ali | 1 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0-22 | 0 | - | - | 11.00 |
| Amjad Javed | 2 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0-24 | 0 | - | - | 12.00 |
Hong Kong
| Bowler | Mts | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Best | 5W | Avg | SR | Econ |
| N Ahmed | 2 | 102 | 1 | 103 | 4 | 4-51 | 0 | 25.75 | 25.50 | 6.06 |
| Najeeb Aamer | 2 | 120 | 0 | 75 | 2 | 2-40 | 0 | 37.50 | 60.00 | 3.75 |
| Irfan Ahmed | 2 | 96 | 0 | 112 | 2 | 2-59 | 0 | 56.00 | 48.00 | 7.00 |
| Afzaal Haider | 2 | 78 | 0 | 123 | 2 | 1-51 | 0 | 61.50 | 39.00 | 9.46 |
| Zain Abbas | 1 | 36 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 1-56 | 0 | 56.00 | 36.00 | 9.33 |
| Munir Dar | 2 | 108 | 1 | 89 | 0 | 0-34 | 0 | - | - | 4.94 |
| Skhawat Ali | 2 | 48 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0-68 | 0 | - | - | 8.50 |
| JPR Lamsam | 1 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0-27 | 0 | - | - | 13.50 |
