Asia Cup Records

Highest Successful Run Chases in Asia Cup (ODI & T20I) History

Highest Successful Run Chases in T20 Asia Cup

TeamScore (Overs)TargetAgainstVenueDate
Sri Lanka184/8 (19.2)184BangladeshDubai (DICS)1 Sep 2022
Pakistan182/5 (19.5)182IndiaDubai (DICS)4 Sep 2022
Sri Lanka179/6 (19.1)176AfghanistanSharjah3 Sep 2022
Sri Lanka174/4 (19.5)174IndiaDubai (DICS)6 Sep 2022
Afghanistan168/7 (19.3)166OmanFatullah20 Feb 2016
Pakistan151/4 (19.2)151Sri LankaMirpur4 Mar 2016
India148/5 (19.4)148PakistanDubai (DICS)28 Aug 2022
UAE147/4 (18.3)147Hong KongFatullah21 Feb 2016
India142/5 (19.2)139Sri LankaMirpur1 Mar 2016
Pakistan131/3 (18.4)130UAEMirpur29 Feb 2016

Highest Successful Run Chases in ODI Asia Cup

TeamScore (Overs)TargetAgainstVenueDate
India330/4 (47.5)330PakistanMirpur18 Mar 2012
Pakistan329/7 (49.5)327BangladeshMirpur4 Mar 2014
India310/4 (46.5)309Sri LankaKarachi3 Jul 2008
Pakistan309/2 (45.3)309IndiaKarachi2 Jul 2008
India301/4 (42.1)300PakistanKarachi26 Jun 2008
Bangladesh293/5 (49.2)290IndiaMirpur16 Mar 2012
India284/3 (43.2)284BangladeshKarachi28 Jun 2008
India280/4 (49.0)280BangladeshFatullah26 Feb 2014
India271/7 (49.5)268PakistanDambulla19 Jun 2010
Sri Lanka265/8 (49.2)265IndiaFatullah28 Feb 2014

Key Insights – Top Run Chases in Asia Cup History

ODI Asia Cup Records

India has recorded the highest successful run chase in the ODI Asia Cup. They chased down a 330-run target set by Pakistan in 2012. This was largely possible due to Virat Kohli’s 183-run knock, the highest individual score in the competition.

As Pakistan failed to defend 329 for 6, it became the highest team total in a losing cause in the 50-over Asia Cup. See here where this stands in the overall list of Asia Cup’s highest team totals.

India and Pakistan collectively amassed 659 runs, the highest match aggregate in the continental tournament.

India has chased down 250+ totals seven times, the most by a team in the ODI Asia Cup. Pakistan and Sri Lanka trail with three 250+ run chases each.


Notable ODI Chases

Sri Lanka has registered the highest run chase in an ODI Asia Cup final. The Lankan Lions thrashed the 261-run target set by Pakistan in the 2014 final.

India recorded the highest run rate in a successful run chase in the ODI tournament. They butchered Bangladesh’s 131-run target in 15 overs at a rate of 8.80 in 1997.

Afghanistan’s 289 all-out is the highest total in a failed run chase in the ODI Asia Cup. They fell two runs short of Sri Lanka’s 291 for 8 in 2023.


T20I Asia Cup Records

Sri Lanka has gunned down the highest target in the T20 Asia Cup. They gunned down 184 runs against Bangladesh with four balls to spare in 2022.

As a result, Bangladesh’s 183 for 7 is the highest team score in a losing cause in the T20I tournament.

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka combined for a match aggregate of 367 runs, the highest in the T20 Asia Cup.

Hong Kong has brought up the highest total in an unsuccessful run chase in the T20 Asia Cup. They mustered 175 for 7 in response to Oman’s 180 for 5 in 2016.

122 of Hong Kong’s runs came from the bat of Babar Hayat, the joint-highest individual score by a batter in the T20I tournament.


Notable T20I Chases

Afghanistan registered the highest run rate in a successful run chase in the T20I tournament. They took 10.1 overs to wrap up the 106-run target at a run rate of 10.42 against Sri Lanka in 2022.

Sri Lanka is the only team with multiple run chases of 170+ runs in the T20 Asia Cup.