The 2008 Kitply cup, was a tri-series One Day International cricket tournament that was held in Bangladesh from 8 to 14 June 2008, between three test playing nations Bangladesh, Pakistan and India.[3] In the final, Pakistan won the tournament by defeating India by 25 runs.[4]

2008 Kitply Cup Tri Series
Date8–14 June 2008
LocationBangladesh
ResultWon by  Pakistan
Player of the seriesSalman Butt (Pak)
Teams
 Bangladesh  Pakistan  India
Captains
Mohammad Ashraful Shoaib Malik MS Dhoni
Most runs
Raqibul Hasan (97)[1] Salman Butt (208)[1] Gautam Gambhir (209)[1]
Most wickets
Abdur Razzaq (4)[2] Umar Gul (9)[2] Praveen Kumar( 5)[2]

Squads

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ODI Squads
  Bangladesh   India   Pakistan
Mohammad Ashraful (c) Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c), (wk) Shoaib Malik (c)
Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) Virender Sehwag Salman Butt
Mashrafe Mortaza Gautam Gambhir Nasir Jamshed
Abdur Razzak Robin Uthappa Younis Khan
Alok Kapali Yuvraj Singh Mohammad Yousuf
Dolar Mahmud Rohit Sharma Misbah-ul-Haq
Farhad Reza Suresh Raina Shahid Afridi
Mahmudullah Yusuf Pathan Kamran Akmal (wk)
Mehrab Hossain Irfan Pathan Sohail Khan
Nazimuddin Praveen Kumar Umar Gul
Raqibul Hasan Piyush Chawla Sohail Tanvir
Shahadat Hossain Rudra Pratap Singh Rao Iftikhar
Shahriar Nafees Ishant Sharma Wahab Riaz
Tamim Iqbal Manpreet Gony Fawad Alam
Dhiman Ghosh Pragyan Ojha Bazid Khan
Junaid Siddique Naumanullah
Mosharraf Hossain
Rubel Hossain

Fixtures

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Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   India 2 2 0 0 0 10 2.373
2   Pakistan 2 1 1 0 0 5 −0.778
3   Bangladesh 2 0 2 0 0 0 −1.789
Source: [citation needed]

Group stage

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8 June 2008
17:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan  
233 (39.3 overs)
v
  Bangladesh
163/8 (40 overs)
Salman Butt 70 (84)
Abdur Razzak 3/35 (7.3 overs)
Mohammad Ashraful 56* (93)
Shahid Afridi 3/19 (8 overs)
  Pakistan won by 70 runs
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Enamul Haque (Ban)
Player of the match: Salman Butt (Pak)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain reduced the match to 40 overs per side.

10 June 2008
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
  India
330/8 (50 overs)
v
  Pakistan
190 (35.4 overs)
Virender Sehwag 89 (76)
Umar Gul 3/61 (10 overs)
Shoaib Malik 53 (67)
Piyush Chawla 4/40 (8.4 overs)
  India won by 140 runs
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Enamul Haque (Ban)
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Ind)
  • India won the toss elected to bat.

12 June 2008
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
  Bangladesh
222 (49.5 overs)
v
  India
223/3 (35.1 overs)
Raqibul Hasan 89 (117)
RP Singh 3/46 (10 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 107(101)
Abdur Razzak 1/48 (10 overs)
  India won by 7 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Nadir Shah (Ban)
Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Ind)
  • Bangladesh won the toss elected to bat.

Final

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14 June 2008
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
  Pakistan
315/3 (50 overs)
v
  India
290 (48.2 overs)
Salman Butt 129 (136) (retired hurt)
Irfan Pathan 2/59 (10 overs)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni 64 (59)
Umar Gul 4/57 (9 overs)
  Pakistan won by 25 runs
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Nadir Shah (Ban)
Player of the match: Younis Khan (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss elected to bat.
  • Pakistan won the 2008 Kitply Cup.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Most runs / Kitply Cup 2008 / tri-series ODI tournament". ESPN. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Most wickets / Kitply Cup 2008 / tri-series ODI tournament". ESPN. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Schedule of the series". ESPN. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Pakistan clinch the 2008 Kitply Cup tri-series final". FOX Sports. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
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