| 1997 Asia Cup | |
| Administrator: | Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket Format: | One Day International |
| Tournament Format: | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Host: |  Sri Lanka |
| Count: | 2 |
| Participants: | 4 |
| Matches: | 7 |
| Player Of The Series: | Arjuna Ranatunga |
| Most Runs: | Arjuna Ranatunga (272) |
| Most Wickets: |  Venkatesh Prasad (7) |
| Previous Year: | 1995 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1995 Asia Cup |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
| Next Tournament: | 2000 Asia Cup |
The 1997 Asia Cup (also known as the Pepsi Asia Cup 1997) was the sixth Asia Cup tournament, and the second to be held in Sri Lanka. The tournament took place between July 14–26, 1997. Four teams took part in the tournament: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
The 1997 Asia Cup was a round-robin tournament where each team played the other once, and the top two teams qualifying for a place in the final. India and Sri Lanka qualified for the final where Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets to win its second Asia Cup and ending India's three consecutive championship run.
| !Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.035 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.405 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.940 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.895 |
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| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Arjuna Ranatunga | 4 | 4 | 272 | 136.00 | 88.02 | 131* | 1 | 2 | 29 | 3 | |
| Marvan Atapattu | 4 | 4 | 255 | 85.00 | 73.91 | 84* | 0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 4 | 4 | 204 | 51.00 | 115.25 | 108 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | 4 | 3 | 185 | 185.00 | 82.22 | 81* | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | |
| Athar Ali Khan | 3 | 3 | 157 | 52.33 | 62.30 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | |
| Source: Cricinfo[2] | |||||||||||
| Player | Matches | Innings | Wickets | Overs | Econ. | Ave. | BBI | S/R | 4WI | 5WI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venkatesh Prasad | 4 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 6.07 | 17.00 | 4/17 | 20.5 | 1 | 0 | |
 Saqlain Mushtaq | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19.3 | 6.53 | 12.66 | 5/38 | 19.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 4 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 6.27 | 24.50 | 4/49 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Robin Singh | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 6.10 | 13.60 | 3/13 | 19.2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chaminda Vaas | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 7.57 | 19.40 | 2/32 | 26.4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Source: Cricinfo[3] | |||||||||||