By Admin 
Asia cup t2o 2025: The Asia Cup 2025 has started in Abu Dhabi in a bang. The tournament is being played in T20 format this time, so that the teams can strengthen their preparations for the T20 World Cup to be held in India and Sri Lanka next year. In the inaugural match, Afghanistan defeated Hong Kong and started their campaign with victory.
A total of eight teams have landed in the Asia Cup this time. Group A has a place in India, Pakistan, UAE and Oman, while Group B includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong. The top two teams from both groups will reach Super-4 and then the finals will be played in Dubai on 28 September.
On this occasion, let us know, 5 big records which have made the history of Asia Cup T20 special.
1. Settings in the name of only two batsmen
So far only two batsmen have scored centuries in the T20 Asia Cup. Virat Kohli of India played an unbeaten 122 -run explosive innings in Dubai against Afghanistan in 2022. This was Kohli’s first T20 International century, in which he hit 12 fours and 6 sixes off 61 balls. Thanks to his innings, India had scored 212 runs while batting first and won the match by 101 runs.
Another name is Babur Hayat of Hong Kong. He did this feat in the 2016 Asia Cup qualifying group match and scored 122 runs off 60 balls against Oman. Although Hong Kong suffered defeat despite his innings, this innings is still one of the most memorable innings of the T20 Asia Cup.
2. Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s five wicket hall
Talking about bowling, till now only one bowler has taken 5 wickets in the T20 Asia Cup and that is Bhuvneshwar Kumar of India. In 2022, against Afghanistan, he bowled economically and took 5 wickets for just 4 runs. This was the match in which Kohli also scored a century. This performance of Bhubaneswar is considered to be the deadliest spell from any bowler in the history of the tournament.
3. Batsman who scored above 200 runs
In the T20 Asia Cup, there have been four batsmen who have scored more than 200 runs in this tournament. Virat Kohli is at the top in this list, who scored 429 runs in 9 innings. He is followed by the names of Mohammad Rizwan (281 runs) of Pakistan, Rohit Sharma (271 runs) of India and Babur Hyatt (235 runs) of Hong Kong. Soon Ibrahim Jadaran of Afghanistan may also join this club.
4. bowlers taking 10 or more wickets
Many names among the bowlers have shone in the history of Asia Cup, who have taken more than 10 wickets in this tournament. In this list too, Bhuvneshwar Kumar of India is at the forefront with 13 wickets. Apart from him, UAE’s Amjad Javed (12 wickets), Pakistan’s Hardik Pandya (11 wickets), Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan (11 wickets), Al-Amin Hussain (11 wickets) of Bangladesh and Mohammad Naved (11 wickets) of UAE have made their place in this special list.
5. Shatik partnerships
In the T20 Asia Cup, four times the batsmen have partnered more than 100. These records are also the names of Indian players. Virat Kohli and KL Rahul partnered 119 runs against Afghanistan in 2022. After this, the names of Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan come. Who partnered 116 runs in front of Hong Kong. Apart from this, Shoaib Malik-Umar Akmal and Sri Lanka pair Chandimal-Dilshan have also shared more than 100 runs.