India crossed an important milestone when it played Japan in the 10th Asia Cup opening match today in Maulana Bashini Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
It was 50th match for India in Asia Cup, highest number for any other 14 countries that have taken part so far.
India had played 49 matches in Asia Cup before going to Dhaka for its renewed mission of winning its third Asia Cup.
Pakistan had played 47 matches till the start of Dhaka edition.
Though India and Pakistan have taken part in the all the Asis Cups held so far, being in different pools with varying number of teams produced different numbers for both.
Malaysia and Bangladesh are the only other two nations to have seen action in all Asia Cups.
Korea missed the initial Lahore number.
It was nice of India the way it played today in Dhaka in its milestone match.
It was only third encounter between the two nations in the league stage, other four being classification and Semifinals.