Asia Cup Best Stats & Records: Most runs, Most Wickets, Highest Totals, Highest Scores
Asia Cup is one of the most prestigious tournaments for Asian countries which is usually organized over a gap of two years. With the help of this tournament, many non-test playing nations get opportunities to play big teams like India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, etc. which increases the reach of the sport as well.
Asia Cup 2022 is the postponed version of the 2020 season due to the covid outbreak. Most of the Asia Cup seasons were in the ODI format but the 2016 season was in the T20 format and the 2022 season will also be played in the t20 format as well.
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Let’s have a look at the Best 10 stats and records of the Asia Cups:
Most Trophies
7 India (1984, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2010, 2016, 2018)
5 Sri Lanka (1986, 1997, 2004, 2008, 2014)
2 Pakistan (2000, 2012)
Most Final Appearances
11 Sri Lanka
10 India
4 Pakistan
2 Bangladesh
Highest Totals
385/7 by Pakistan, vs Bangladesh in 2010
374/4 by India, vs Hong Kong in 2008
357/9 by Sri Lanka, vs Bangladesh in 2008
343/5 by Pakistan, vs Hong Kong in 2004
332/8 by Sri Lanka, vs Bangladesh in 2008
Highest Individual Scores
183 by Virat Kohli against Pakistan in 2012
144 by Younis Khan against Hong Kong in 2004
144 by Mushfiqur Rahim against Sri Lanka in 2018
143 by Shoaib Malik against India in 2004
136 by Virat Kohli against Bangladesh in 2014
Most Runs
1220 by Sanath Jayasuriya in 24 innings
1075 by Kumar Sangakkara in 23 innings
971 by Sachin Tendulkar in 21 innings
786 by Shoaib Malik in 15 innings
745 by Rohit Sharma in 21 innings
Most Runs in a Season
378 by Sanath Jayasuriya in 2008
372 by Suresh Raina in 2008
357 by Virat Kohli in 2011/12
348 by Virendra Sehwag in 2008
345 by Kumar Sangakkara in 2008
Most Wickets
30 by Muttiah Muralitharan in 24 innings
29 by Lasith Malinga in 14 innings
26 by Ajantha Mendis in 8 innings
25 by Saeed Ajmal in 12 innings
23 by Chaminda Vaas in 19 innings
Best Bowling Figures
8-1-13-6 by Ajantha Mendis (SL), vs India in 2008
9-1-19-5 by Aaqib Javed (PAK), vs India in 1995
9-0-21-5 by Arshad Ayub (IND), vs Pakistan in 1988
6.3-1-22-5 by Ajantha Mendis (SL), vs UAE in 2008
10-1-31-5 by Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), vs Bangladesh in 2008
Most Wickets in a Season
17 by Ajantha mendis (SL) in 2008
14 by Irfan Pathan (IND) in 2004
12 by Sachin Tendulkar (IND) in 2004
11 by Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) in 208
11 by Lasith Malinga (SL) in 2013/14
Largest Victories
By Runs:
256 by India, vs Hong Kong in 2008
233 by Pakistan, vs Bangladesh in 2000
173 by Pakistan, vs Bangladesh in 1988
173 by Pakistan, vs Hong Kong in 2004
158 by Sri Lanka, vs Bangladesh in 2008
By Wickets:
10 by India, vs Sri Lanka in 1984
10 by Sri Lanka, vs Bangladesh in 2004
10 by Pakistan, vs Bangladesh in 2008
9 by India, vs Bangladesh in 1988
9 by Sri Lanka, vs Bangladesh in 1988
