Highest Individual Scores in ODI Asia Cup
| Player | Runs (Balls) | 4s/6s | Opposition | Ground | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 183 (148) | 22/1 | Pakistan | Mirpur | 18 Mar 2012 |
| Babar Azam (PAK) | 151 (131) | 14/4 | Nepal | Multan | 30 Aug 2023 |
| Younis Khan (PAK) | 144 (122) | 8/3 | Hong Kong | Colombo | 18 Jul 2004 |
| Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN) | 144 (150) | 11/4 | Sri Lanka | Dubai | 15 Sep 2018 |
| Shoaib Malik (PAK) | 143 (127) | 18/1 | India | Colombo | 25 Jul 2004 |
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 136 (122) | 16/2 | Bangladesh | Fatullah | 26 Feb 2014 |
| Sourav Ganguly (IND) | 135* (124) | 6/7 | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 30 May 2000 |
| Arjun Ranatunga (SL) | 131* (152) | 17/0 | India | Colombo | 18 Jul 1997 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) | 130 (132) | 14/1 | India | Colombo | 27 Jul 2004 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) | 130 (88) | 16/6 | Bangladesh | Karachi | 30 Jun 2008 |
Highest Individual Scores in T20 Asia Cup
| Player | Runs (Balls) | 4s/6s | Against | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 122* (61) | 12/6 | Afghanistan | Dubai (DICS) | 8 Sep 2022 |
| Babar Hayat (HKG) | 122 (60) | 9/7 | Oman | Fatullah | 19 Feb 2016 |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG) | 84 (45) | 4/6 | Sri Lanka | Sharjah | 3 Sep 2022 |
| Rohit Sharma (IND) | 83 (55) | 7/3 | Bangladesh | Mirpur | 24 Feb 2016 |
| Sabbir Rahman (BAN) | 80 (54) | 10/3 | Sri Lanka | Mirpur | 28 Feb 2016 |
| Mohammad Rizwan (PAK) | 78* (57) | 6/1 | Hong Kong | Sharjah | 2 Sep 2022 |
| Rohan Mustafa (UAE) | 77 (50) | 7/4 | Afghanistan | Fatullah | 19 Feb 2016 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) | 75* (56) | 10/1 | Pakistan | Mirpur | 4 Mar 2016 |
| Karim Sadiq (AFG) | 72 (48) | 8/1 | UAE | Fatullah | 19 Feb 2016 |
| Rohit Sharma (IND) | 72 (41) | 5/4 | Sri Lanka | Dubai (DICS) | 6 Sep 2022 |
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Key Insights
Virat Kohli has recorded the highest individual score in the ODI and T20 Asia Cups. He aggregated 183 in 148 deliveries against Pakistan in the 2012 ODI tournament. (Check Kohli’s ODI hundreds here.)
Ten years later, Kohli logged the same record in the T20 competition, scoring 122 not out against Afghanistan. He shares the record with Hong Kong’s Babar Hayat, who amassed 122 against Oman in 2016.
Babar Azam’s 151 against Nepal in 2023 is the highest individual score by a captain in the ODI Asia Cup.
Mushfiqur Rahim’s 144 against Sri Lanka in 2018 is the highest individual score by a wicketkeeper in the 50-over tournament.
Sanath Jayasuriya smashed six hundreds in 24 innings, the most by a batter in the ODI Asia Cup.
Shahid Afridi has smashed the fastest century in the ODI Asia Cup. He took 53 balls to bring up his ton against Bangladesh in 2010. This is also the quickest hundred by a captain in the ODI tournament.
Afridi struck at 206.66 in his 124-run knock, which is the highest strike rate by a centurion in an innings in the ODI Asia Cup.
Rohit Sharma’s 72 against Sri Lanka in 2022 is the highest individual score by a captain in the T20 Asia Cup.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s 84 against the same opposition in the same edition is the highest individual score by a wicketkeeper in the T20 tournament.
Gurbaz raced to his fifty off 22 balls, which is the joint-quickest by a batter in the T20 Asia Cup. Suryakumar Yadav is the other batter to score his half-century in 22 deliveries against Hong Kong (68*) in the same edition.
Yadav recorded a strike rate of 261.53, which is the highest by a batter in an innings in the T20 Asia Cup (minimum of 50 runs).
Hayat’s hundred against Oman came off 49 balls, the fastest by a batter in the T20 Asia Cup.
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