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The 17th edition of the Asia Cup is going to start very soon, in which a total of 8 teams are going to participate. The Asia Cup tournament started in 1984, after which India is the most often winning country. The Indian team has won the Asia Cup Trophy 8 times so far, while Sri Lanka is second in this list, which has won the Asia Cup title 5 times. This tournament has become 31 years old, but in the history so far, only 2 batsmen have been able to touch the figure of 1,000 runs. So let’s know about the top 5 batsmen who scored the most runs in the history of Asia Cup.
Most runs in Asia Cup
The player who scored the most runs in Asia Cup history is Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka, who scored 1,220 runs. At number two is Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka, whose names are 1,075 runs in the Asia Cup. Only these 2 batsmen have been able to cross the figure of one thousand runs in the history of this tournament.
The batsman who scored the most runs for India in the Asia Cup is Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 971 runs. After him comes Rohit Sharma’s number, who scored 939 runs. The fifth place is with Mushfiqur Rahim of Bangladesh, whose names have scored 830 runs. Let us tell you that these figures are from the Asia Cup tournaments that have been played in ODI format. These do not include the figures when played in the Asia Cup T20 format 2 times.
- Sanath Jayasuriya – 1220 runs
- Kumar Sangakkara – 1075 runs
- Sachin Tendulkar – 971 runs
- Rohit Sharma – 939 runs
- Mushfiqur Rahim – 830 runs
Virat Kohli played a total of 16 matches in the Asia Cup tournaments played in ODI format, in which he scored 742 runs in 13 innings. After him, MS Dhoni comes in the list of Indians who have scored the most runs, whose names have scored 648 runs.
T20 Asia Cup most runs
Virat Kohli has the highest number of runs in the Asia Cup played in T20 format, who scored 429 runs. At number two is Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan, who is named 281 runs. Rohit Sharma of India scored 271 runs in the T20 Asia Cup, while Babur Hayat and Ibrahim Jadran are in fourth and fifth place respectively.
- Virat Kohli – 429 runs
- Mohammad Rizwan – 281 runs
- Rohit Sharma – 271 runs
- Babur Hayat – 235 runs
- Ibrahim Jadaran – 196 runs
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