Between the Cricket Asia Cup 2025 event, former Australian fast bowler Brett chose the all-time T20 Asia team. He gave place to 5 Indian players including Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jaspreet Bumrah. He included 2 Pakistani players in this team, but Babar Azam is not in it. Apart from these, he chose 2 players from UAE and 1-1 players from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are not part of the Asia Cup 2025, as they have retired from T20 format only last year. Both have also said goodbye to the Test this year, now they will be seen playing only in ODI format. India’s next ODI series is against Australia next month, for which Rohit has started practice. Brett first gave Virat Kohli and Rohit a place in their team. However, this was not based on the batting order.

These 5 Indian players place

Apart from Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, Brett included MS Dhoni, all -rounder Hardik Pandya and fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah in the team. Not only Asia but the world is dominated by the Indian team, which was also seen in Brett Lee’s team. Let us know that India is also the number-1 team in the world in the ICC rankings.

Babar did not give a place to Azam

Brett Lee kept 2 Pakistani players in this team. One former captain Mohammad Rizwan and the other Harris Rauf. He kept Babur in the team but it is not Babar Azam but Babar Hayat, who is a player of Hong Kong. Babur Hayat has recently become the second player to score Rohit and Rizwan to score the highest run in the Asia Cup T20.

Brett Lee’s all-time Asia T20 Squad

Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Hayat, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Vanindu Hasranga, Rashid Khan, Amjad Javed, Mohammad Naveed, Harris Rauf, Jaspreet Bumrah.

Today, the third match of Asia Cup 2025 will be played between Bangladesh and Hong Kong. This is a group B match. This is the first match of this tournament in Bangladesh, captained by Litton Das, while Hong Kong was defeated by Afghanistan in the last match. However, Babur Hayat struggled in that match and scored the most 39 runs. He broke Rohit Sharma’s record with this innings. Today he is standing on the threshold of leaving former Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan behind.

In the first match of Asia Cup 2025, where Hong Kong batsmen were struggling, veteran batsman Babur Hayat, who was in the team, scored 39 runs in 43 balls. In this, he hit 3 sixes. Today his team is facing Bangladesh. This match will be played at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi from 8 pm (as per Indian time). If he scored only 8 runs, then after Virat Kohli, he will become the second batsman to score the most runs in the Asia Cup T20.

Top 5 batsmen scoring the most runs in Asia Cup T20

• Virat Kohli (India) – 429 runs
• Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)- 281 runs
• Babur Hayat (Hong Kong)- 274 runs
• Rohit Sharma (India) – 271 runs
• Ibrahim Jadaran (Afghanistan) – 197 runs

Babur Hyatt needs only 8 runs

Babur has scored 274 runs in 6 innings in the Asia Cup T20, he is at number three among the highest runs scoring batsmen. In the last match, he has left Rohit Sharma behind. Now he needs only 8 runs, as soon as he does so, he will overtake Mohammad Rizwan in the list and will come in another place. Rizwan has scored 281 runs in 6 innings.

Virat Kohli is at number one in the list, who has scored 429 runs in 9 innings of 10 matches. It also includes 1 century. Babur Hayat is far behind Virat Kohli, so it is almost impossible to break his record.

Where is the live broadcast and live streaming of Bangladesh vs Hong Kong match?

The live broadcast of Bangladesh vs Hong Kong match will be on Star Sports Network. There will be live streaming on Sony Live App and website.

Today, the 17th edition of the Asia Cup will begin with Afghanistan vs Hong Kong match. Both these teams are in Pool ‘B’, in which they are with Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. India, Pakistan, Oman and UAE Group ‘A’ are included. India’s first match is with UAE on Wednesday. This season, an Indian -origin player Anshuman Rath is being discussed, whose father had moved from Bhubaneswar to Hong Kong. He will play in the Asia Cup under the captaincy of a Pakistani -origin player.

Anshuman Rath will play under the captaincy of Pakistani -origin captain Yasim Murtaza, he can bat well for the team with Babur. Babar Azam is not being talked about here, but this player is Babur Hayat. He is part of the Hong Kong team. Talking about the captain of this team Murtaza, he was born in Sialkot in 1990.

How did Hong Kong reach Anshuman Rath’s family

Anshuman is currently part of the Hong Kong team. He has also captained this team. He is a wicket -keeper batsman, and he also has a big contribution in this team reaching the Asia Cup 2025.

The cricketer’s father went to Hong Kong to trade with India in late 1990 and settled there. Anshuman was born on 5 November 1997 in Hong Kong. He started playing cricket from the age of 4.

Anshuman Rath’s cricket career

Anshuman made an international debut for Hong Kong in 2014, it was an ODI match and a year after that he made his T20 International debut. He has played 68 T20 international matches, in which he has scored 1824 runs. Their strike rate is 121.76 and average is 30.40. He has scored 1 century and 9 half -centuries in this format. Apart from this, he has 828 runs in 18 ODIs.

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Today clash with Afghanistan

Today, the first match of Asia Cup 2025 is Afghanistan vs Hong Kong, which will start at 8 pm at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The live broadcast of the match will be on Star Sports Network. Live streaming will be on Sony Live App and website.

Hong Kong Squad in Asia Cup 2025

Yasim Murtaza (Captain), Babur Hayat, Zeeshan Ali, Niazakat Khan Mohammed, Nasrullah Rana, Martin Koetzi, Anshuman Rath, Kalhan Mark Chaallu, Ayush Shukla, Mohammad Aizaz Khan, Atik ul Rahman Iqbal, Khidi Shah, Ali Hasan, Shahid Vasif, Ghaznafar Mohammad, Mohammad Mohammad, Mohammad Mohammad, Mohammad Vaid, etc.

The Cricket Asia Cup 2025 will be held in the UAE from 9 September, which is the 17th edition of the Asia Cup. The Asia Cup started in 1984 and was first played in T20 format in 2016. The third time is when the Asia Cup is being played in T20 format. The batsman who scored the most runs in it is Virat Kohli, whose lack will be missed this time. Rohit Sharma and Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan are also included in this list.

The Asia Cup will be played in 2025 T20 formats, before it was played in T20 format in 2016 and 2022. A total of 24 matches of the Asia Cup have been played in this format. There were 11 matches in 2016 and 13 matches in 2022. If you see both these versions, then the batsman who scored the most runs is Virat Kohli. Rohit is third in the list. Both have retired from T20 format. Pakistan’s top run scorer has not been included in the Asia Cup squad this time.

Top 5 batsmen scoring the most runs in Asia Cup T20

1. Virat Kohli (429): Former captain Virat Kohli retired from T20 after winning the 2024 T20 World Cup, he has also retired from Tests and now plays only in ODI format. He has played a total of 10 matches in both the season, scoring 429 runs in 9 innings. His best score is an unbeaten 122 runs, which he made against Afghanistan. This is Kohli’s only century in T20 International.

2. Mohammad Rizwan (281): Mohammad Rizwan, who is at number two, is far behind Virat Kohli. Rizwan has scored 281 runs in 6 matches, including 3 half -century innings. Former Pakistan captain Rizwan has not been included in the Asia Cup squad this time.

3. Rohit Sharma (271): After winning the T20 World Cup 2024, captain Rohit Sharma also retired from this format. He now plays only in ODI format. He has played 9 matches in the Asia Cup, in which he has scored 271 runs at a strike rate of 141.14. This includes 2 half -centuries.

Babur can leave Hayat, Rohit and Rizwan behind

4. Babur Hayat (235): In the Asia Cup 2025, Hong Kong vice -captain Babur is at number four in the Hyatt list, he is just 37 and 47 runs away from leaving Rohit Sharma behind. However, it is impossible for him to break the record of Virat Kohli and come to number-1. He is behind Kohli 194 runs. Babur has scored 235 runs in 5 innings.

5. Ibrahim Jadaran (196): Afghanistan’s Ibrahim Jadaran is at number five in terms of scoring the most runs in the Asia Cup T20. He has scored 196 runs in 5 innings. He is also part of the Afghanistan squad in the Asia Cup 2025.

Asia cup t20 most Hindreds: The T20 format of the Asia Cup may be small, but it has proved to be extremely difficult to score a century in this tournament. So far, only two batsmen have been such in the history of this competition who played a century innings by batting brilliantly. Interestingly, both centuries have come under different teams and different circumstances, but both innings are counted in memorable innings of the tournament.

Babur Hayat – Hong Kong vs Oman

Hong Kong batsman Babur Hayat created history in the T20 Asia Cup in 2016. In this match played against Oman in Fatullah on 19 February, Hayat played a bang of 122 runs. He completed this century off just 60 balls and was staying at the crease for a total of 91 minutes. In this innings, Hyatt hit 9 fours and 7 sixes and scored at a strike rate of 203.33. This was not only the first century of the Asia Cup T20 but is considered one of the most memorable innings in Hong Kong cricket history.

Virat Kohli – India vs Afghanistan

The second name in the list of this record is of Virat Kohli, the star batsman of the Indian team. On 8 September 2022, he scored an unbeaten 122 against Afghanistan in Dubai and scored the second century in the Asia Cup T20. Kohli’s innings included 12 fours and 6 skyscraper sixes off 61 balls. During this time his strike rate was 200. This innings was also special because Kohli had been struggling with the drought of a century for a long time and this innings started the process of his own centuries in international cricket.

Statistics show difficult

So far, only two centuries have been scored in the history of Asia Cup T20, one Babur Hayat’s in 2016 and the other in Virat Kohli in 2022. This figure suggests that even though the T20 format is considered to be the fastest way of scoring runs for the batsmen, the circumstances and pressure of the tournament make it more challenging. This time the Asia Cup 2025 will also be played in T20 format. Now it will be interesting to see whether another player can make his place in this list or not.

Asia cup 2025: The countdown of Asia Cup 2025 has started. From September 9, Asian teams will get a clash. The first match of this tournament will be played between Afghanistan vs Hong Kong. In this match, the eyes of cricket lovers will be on only one player and they are Babur Hayat. Do not be surprised to hear the name, this is not Pakistan’s star Babar Azam but a batsman of the Hong Kong team, who has gone beyond the real Babur in the records.

Babur vs Babur: Battle of Statistics

In the cricket world, Babar Azam of Pakistan is considered to be the biggest rival of Virat Kohli, but the figures tell some more story.

Babar Azam- 128 matches, 73 sixes, strike rate 129.22

Babur Hyatt- 95 matches, 136 sixes, strike rate 131.20

That is, despite playing less matches than Babar Azam, Hayat has almost doubled sixes. Interestingly, the best score of both is the same. Both players have played a brilliant innings of 122 runs. The only difference is that Babar Azam is ahead in the average, but Babur Hyatt takes over in the strike rate and sixes.

Born in Pakistan, played for Hong Kong

Born on 5 January 1992 in Punjab (Hazro), Pakistan, Babur Hayat later started playing for Hong Kong. He is a right -handed batsman and has also captained his national team. He made his debut in T20 International by playing a match against Nepal on 16 March 2014. In the same year, he also stepped into ODIs against Afghanistan. In the 2016 Asia Cup qualifiers, Hayat made history by scoring a century and became the first player from Hong Kong to score a century in T20 International.

Why is Babur Hyatt in the discussion?

This time Babar Azam is not a part of the Pakistan team, in such a situation, the headlines are completely in the names of Hayat. His aggressive style and ability to blow sixes can prove to be a danger bell for any big team in the Asia Cup.

Hong Kong team expectations

Hong Kong cricket team has announced its squad for the Asia Cup 2025. Under the leadership of captain Yasim Murtaza, the team will field and there will be great expectations from Babur Hayat.

Hong Kong team

Yasim Murtaza (captain), Babur Hayat, Zeeshan Ali, Niazakat Khan Mohammed, Nasrullah Rana, Martin Koetzi, Anshuman Rath, Kalhan Mark Chalu, Ayush Ashish Shukla, Mohammad Aizaz Khan, Aijaz Khan, Ati Rahman Iqbal, Kidi Shah, Kidhi Shah, Adil Mahmood, Aaron Mohammad Arshad, Ali Hasan, Ali Hasan, Shahid Vasif, Mohammad Waheed, Anas Khan, Ehsan Khan.