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.

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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