Asia Cup is the only continental championship in the game of cricket. The tournament began in 1984 when United Arab Emirates hosted its first-ever edition with three teams participating in it. India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan played in the inaugural edition of the tournament.
India are the inaugural champions of the Asia Cup as well as the most successful side in the history of the Asia Cup tournament. They have won it seven times. Sri Lanka are second in the list with 6 titles followed by Pakistan who have won it twice.
From 2016, the tournament is played in both the white-ball formats – ODI and T20I. The format of the competition depends on the upcoming ICC global event. In 2016, it was played in T20 format for the first time because of the T20 World Cup. In 2018, it was played in the ODI format because of the 2019 World Cup. This year, it will be played in the ODI format once again.
Talking about the Asia Cup highest run-scorer, we are first taking a look at the edition-wise highest run-scorers.
Most runs in 1984 Asia Cup:
Player
Matches
Innings
Runs
Average
SR
HS
100
50
4s
6s
Surinder Khanna
2
2
107
107
75.88
56
0
2
9
2
Zaheer Abbas
2
2
74
37
65.48
47
0
0
3
2
Roy Dias
2
2
62
62
50.81
57*
0
1
1
0
Mohsin Khan
2
2
62
31.71
31
35
0
0
3
0
Ghulam Parkar
2
2
54
54
43.9
32*
0
0
5
0
Most runs in 1986 Asia Cup:
Player
Matches
Innings
NO
Runs
Average
SR
HS
100
50
Arjuna Ranatunga
3
3
1
105
52.5
92.1
57
0
1
Javed Miandad
3
3
0
91
30.33
61.48
67
0
1
Mohsin Khan
3
3
0
74
24.66
64.91
39
0
0
Brendon Kuruppu
3
3
0
67
22.33
59.29
34
0
0
Aravinda de Silva
3
2
0
64
32
66.66
52
0
1
Shaheedur Rahman
2
2
0
62
31
57.41
37
0
0
Most runs in 1988 Asia Cup:
Player
Matches
Innings
NO
Runs
Average
SR
HS
100
50
0
Ijaz Ahmed
3
3
1
192
96
103.78
124*
1
1
0
Navjot Sidhu
4
4
1
179
59.66
77.82
76
0
3
0
Moin-ul-Atiq
2
2
0
143
71.5
79
105
1
0
0
Athula Samarasekera
4
4
1
140
46.66
75.67
66
0
1
0
Aravinda de Silva
4
3
0
135
45
107.14
69
0
1
0
Most runs in 1990/91 Asia Cup:
Player
Matches
Innings
NO
Runs
Average
SR
HS
100
50
0
Arjuna Ranatunga
3
3
1
166
83
73.45
64*
0
2
0
Navjot Singh Sidhu
3
3
1
144
72
81.45
104*
1
0
0
Aravinda de Silva
3
3
0
126
42
120
89
0
1
0
Athar Ali Khan
2
2
1
122
122
71.34
78*
0
1
0
Sanjay Manjrekar
3
3
2
112
112
65.88
75*
0
1
0
Abdul Qadir
3
3
6
26
17
3.92
3/27
0
0
0
Most runs in 1995 Asia Cup:
Player
Matches
Innings
Runs
Average
SR
HS
100
50
4s
6s
Sachin Tendulkar
4
4
205
68.33
109.62
112*
1
0
30
2
Navjot Singh Sidhu
4
4
197
98.5
80.4
84*
0
3
19
0
Inzamam-ul-Haq
3
3
190
95
86.75
88
0
2
11
3
Sanath Jayasuriya
4
4
134
33.5
87.01
51
0
1
20
1
Manoj Prabhakar
4
4
122
40.66
64.89
60
0
2
12
0
Most runs in 1997 Asia Cup:
Player
Matches
Innings
Runs
Average
SR
HS
100
50
4s
6s
Arjuna Ranatunga
4
4
272
136
88.02
131*
1
2
29
3
Marvan Atapattu
4
4
255
85
73.91
84*
0
3
18
1
Sanath Jayasuriya
4
4
204
51
115.25
108
1
1
23
6
Mohammad Azharuddin
4
3
185
185
82.22
81*
0
2
8
4
Athar Ali Khan
3
3
157
52.33
62.3
82
0
1
17
2
Most runs in 2000 Asia Cup:
Player
Matches
Innings
Runs
Average
SR
HS
100
50
4s
6s
Mohammad Yousuf
4
4
295
147.5
73.75
100*
1
2
23
4
Marvan Atapattu
4
4
245
81.66
72.27
100
1
1
18
1
Sanath Jayasuriya
4
4
183
45.75
87.55
105
1
0
23
0
Inzamam-ul-Haq
4
4
175
87.5
109.37
75*
0
2
16
3
Sourav Ganguly
3
3
156
78
92.85
135*
1
0
9
7
Most runs in 2004 Asia Cup:
Player
Matches
Runs
Shoaib Malik
5
316
Sanath Jayasuriya
5
293
Sachin Tendulkar
6
281
Sourav Ganguly
6
244
Avishka Gunawardene
6
227
Most runs in 2008 Asia Cup:
Player
Innings
NO
Runs
Average
SR
HS
100
50
4s
6s
Sanath Jayasuriya
5
0
378
75.6
126
130
2
1
44
16
Suresh Raina
6
1
372
74.4
110.38
116*
2
2
34
11
Virender Sehwag
5
0
348
69.6
143.8
119
1
2
49
10
Kumar Sangakkara
6
0
345
57.5
99.13
121
3
0
44
2
MS Dhoni
5
2
327
109
91.34
109*
1
2
19
8
Most runs in 2010 Asia Cup:
Player
Matches
Inns
Runs
Avg
Strike Rate
4s
6s
Shahid Afridi
3
3
265
88.33
164.6
27
12
Gautam Gambhir
4
4
203
50.75
82.86
17
1
Kumar Sangakkara
4
4
184
46
72.73
20
–
MS Dhoni
4
4
173
57.67
79
13
3
Mahela Jayawardene
4
4
161
53.67
87.03
15
1
Most runs in 2012 Asia Cup:
Player
Matches
Run
Average
SR
HS
100s
50s
Virat Kohli
3
357
119
102
183
2
1
Tamim Iqbal
4
253
63.25
80.831
70
0
4
Mohammad Hafeez
4
245
61.25
67.867
105
1
1
Shakib Al Hasan
4
237
59.25
110.233
68
0
3
Nasir Jamshed
4
193
48.25
96.02
112
1
1
Most runs in 2014 Asia Cup:
Player
Matches
Runs
NO
Ave.
SR
HS
100
50
4s
6s
Lahiru Thirimanne
5
279
0
55.8
79.94
102
2
0
31
2
Umar Akmal
5
253
0
84.33
110.48
102*
1
2
23
6
Kumar Sangakkara
5
248
0
49.6
96.49
103
1
2
26
2
Ahmed Shehzad
5
228
0
45.6
80
103
1
1
30
1
Anamul Haque
4
227
0
56.75
68.16
100
1
1
13
8
Most runs in 2016 Asia Cup:
Player
Innings
Runs
NO
Ave.
SR
HS
100
50
4s
6s
Sabbir Rahman
5
176
1
44
123.94
80
0
1
15
5
Virat Kohli
4
153
2
76.5
110.86
56*
0
1
20
0
Dinesh Chandimal
4
149
0
37.25
109.55
58
0
2
19
2
Rohit Sharma
5
138
0
27.6
132.69
83
0
1
17
4
Tillakaratne Dilshan
4
132
1
44
121.1
75*
0
1
18
4
Most runs in 2018 Asia Cup:
Player
Innings
Runs
Average
SR
HS
Shikhar Dhawan
5
342
68.4
102.08
127
Rohit Sharma
5
317
105.66
93.51
111*
Mushfiqur Rahim
5
302
60.4
81.18
144
Mohammad Shahzad
5
268
53.6
83.23
124
Hashmatullah Shahidi
5
263
65.75
72.25
97*
Most runs in 2022 Asia Cup:
Player
Innings
NO
Runs
Average
SR
HS
100
50
4s
6s
Mohammad Rizwan
6
1
281
56.2
117.57
78*
0
3
21
6
Virat Kohli
5
2
276
92
147.59
122*
1
2
20
11
Ibrahim Zadran
5
2
196
65.33
104.25
64*
0
1
14
4
Bhanuka Rajapaksa
6
2
191
47.75
149.21
71*
0
1
15
9
Pathum Nissanka
5
1
173
34.6
115.33
55*
0
2
15
5
Most runs in 2023 Asia Cup:
(List will be updated later)
Here is the list of year-wise highest run-scorer in Asia Cup:
Edition
Year
Player
Team
Runs
1st
1984
Surinder Khanna
India
107
2nd
1986
Arjuna Ranatunga
Sri Lanka
105
3rd
1988
Ijaz Ahmed
Pakistan
192
4th
1990–91
Arjuna Ranatunga
Sri Lanka
166
5th
1995
Sachin Tendulkar
India
205
6th
1997
Arjuna Ranatunga
Sri Lanka
272
7th
2000
Yousuf Youhana
Pakistan
295
8th
2004
Shoaib Malik
Pakistan
316
9th
2008
Sanath Jayasuriya
Sri Lanka
378
10th
2010
Shahid Afridi
Pakistan
265
11th
2012
Virat Kohli
India
357
12th
2014
Lahiru Thirimanne
Sri Lanka
279
13th
2016
Sabbir Rahman
Bangladesh
176
14th
2018
Shikhar Dhawan
India
342
15th
2022
Mohammad Rizwan
PAK
281
List of all-time leading run-scorer in Asia Cup (ODI format):
Former Sri Lanka skipper Sanath Jayasuriya holds the record for scoring most runs in the history of the competition, having score 1220 runs in 25 games. His former teammate Kumar Sangakkara is second in the list followed by legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar:
Asia Cup Highest run-scorer (in ODI format):
Player
Team
Matches
Inns
Runs
HS
Ave
SR
100
50
Sanath Jayasuriya
Sri Lanka
25
24
1220
130
53.04
102.52
6
3
Kumar Sangakkara
Sri Lanka
24
23
1075
121
48.86
84.51
4
8
Sachin Tendulkar
India
23
21
971
114
51.1
85.47
2
7
Shoaib Malik
Pakistan
17
15
786
143
65.5
90.65
3
3
Rohit Sharma
India
22
21
745
111*
46.56
84.94
1
6
Arjuna Ranatunga
Sri Lanka
19
19
741
131*
57
82.79
1
6
Mushfiqur Rahim
Bangladesh
21
21
699
144
36.78
84.52
2
2
Mahela Jayawardene
Sri Lanka
28
26
674
78
29.3
87.64
0
7
MS Dhoni
India
19
16
648
109*
64.8
87.68
1
3
Aravinda de Silva
Sri Lanka
24
22
645
96*
32.25
83.44
0
4
Marvan Atapattu
Sri Lanka
13
12
642
100
64.2
71.09
1
6
List of all-time leading run-scorer in Asia Cup (T20I format):
The record for scoring most runs in the T20 format of the tournament belongs to India’s Virat Kohli. One of the only players to score a hundred in the T20 format of the Asia Cup, Kohli has scored 429 runs. He is followed by Mohammad Rizwan who has scored 281 runs and Rohit Sharma who has scored 271 runs.
