The amazing story of Asia Cup Cricket

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NKP Salve, the then BCCI President, approached the English cricket authorities for some extra passes for the finals at Lords. The English didn’t only refuse him. They rejected his request in such a manner that Salve (also a member of Congress government in power) was left flabbergasted. That insult was rooted so deeply within him, that in the next few years, he managed to set afoot a chain of events that tilted the prime meridian of cricket from England to the Indian subcontinent. 

He started his work the very next day after Kapil lifted the cup at Lord’s. He met Air Marshal Nur Khan, the Pakistan Cricket Board chief, and discussed his plans passionately with him. They both met Gamini Dissanayake, the Sri Lanka cricket chairperson, and the ball was set rolling to form an Asian Bloc within the ICC to challenge England and Australia’s domination. 
The Asian Cricket Council was then formed as the Asian Cricket Conference in New Delhi, on 19 September 1983 within 90 days of the World Cup final at Lords. It was a monumental effort from Salve and his South Asian counterparts to form this wide-reaching collaboration which also included Bangladesh, Malaysia and Singapore along with India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

The axis of cricket was shifting politically. To challenge the English domination even further and maximize the potential of a billion-strong subcontinent audience, the Asian Bloc needed economic and infrastructural support. 
This is where the story needs to take a slight detour towards the West, as the most interesting (and inspiring) character of this story enters with his money, might and vision - an Emirati Sheikh. o they came on board readily, and the office of the council was established in Sharjah. In 1984, the first-ever Asia Cup, sponsored by Rothmans, was organized. 
What began with the Asia Cup, was followed by Sharjah hosting more than 200 ODIs along with some of the richest people on this planet attending those games. The story of the Asia Cup is also the story of how the dazzling dance of cricket in the dusty deserts of Sharjah converted it into cricket’s El Dorado. 


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