#AsiaCup Trivia: India's legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar was among the top international cricketers to play in the ‘first' match at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in 1981. The asia cup cricket trivia is about how a leading Arabic newspaper wrote Gavaskar's name as ‘Javad Askar.' Check out this story From Yasser Usman behind this name. In 1984, when the first Asia cup was held in Sharjah, UAE the error came to notice.