Most Runs in Asia Cup (ODI & T20)

Most Runs in Asia Cup – The Asia Cup is a major multi-national cricket tournament played in both ODI and T20 formats by top Asian teams. Sri Lankan all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya has been the best batsman in Asia Cup History, having played in it from 1990 to 2008.

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In the 25 matches he played, Jayasuriya scored a total of 1220 runs, the highest by any batsman in the tournament. He also holds the record for most hundreds in Asia Cup with six. Kumar Sangakkara, another left-handed Sri Lankan batsman, has the most fifties in Asia Cup with 12. Also read, Most Runs in Asia Cup 2023.

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Jayasuriya’s 378 runs in the 2008 edition are the most runs by any batsman in Asia Cup single edition. The highest individual score in Asia Cup history is Virat Kohli’s 183 against Pakistan in 2012.

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The current players’ list for most runs in Asia Cup is led by Rohit Sharma with 883 runs, followed closely by his teammate and former India captain Virat Kohli, who has scored 766 runs. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka’s legendary fast-bowler Lasith Malinga tops the charts for most wickets in Asia Cup with 33 wickets to his name.

List of Most Runs in Asia Cup History

Sanath Jayasuriya is the highest run-scorer in Asia Cup history with 1220 runs in 25 matches he played. Kumar Sangakkara comes second on the list with 1075 runs from 24 games. Sachin Tendulkar is the first Indian and third on the list with 973 runs in 23 games.

The Asia Cup 2023 schedule is out, and the first match of the competition will be played between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. The six teams will be divided into two groups, and the top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super Four stage.

Year-Wise Asia Cup Highest Run Scorer

EDITION	YEAR	PLAYER	TEAM	MOST RUN
15th	2022	Mohammad Rizwan	PAK	281
14th	2018	Shikhar Dhawan	India	342
13th	2016	Sabbir Rahman	Bangladesh	176
12th	2014	Lahiru Thirimanne	Sri Lanka	279
11th	2012	Virat Kohli	India	357
10th	2010	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	265
9th	2008	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	378
8th	2004	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	316
7th	2000	Yousuf Youhana	Pakistan	295
6th	1997	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka	272
5th	1995	Sachin Tendulkar	India	205
4th	1990–91	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka	166
3rd	1988	Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan	192
2nd	1986	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka	105
1st	1984	Surinder Khanna	India	107

Asia Cup Highest Run Scorer All Time (1984 – 2022)

Most Runs in Asia Cup 2022

Mohammad Rizwan Runs in Asia Cup 2022

Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan emerged as the highest run scorer in Asia Cup 2022. In the six matches he played, he accumulated a total of 281 runs, with a highest score of 78* and an impressive average of 56.2. He faced 239 balls and had a strike rate of 117.57. Rizwan also hit three fifties, 21 fours, and six sixes in the tournament.

Virat Kohli Runs in Asia Cup 2022

Virat Kohli of India secured the second-most runs in the Asia Cup 2022 tournament. The Indian captain played in 5 matches and scored a total of 276 runs. His highest score was an unbeaten 122 runs, and he maintained an impressive average of 92. Kohli faced 187 balls and maintained a strike rate of 147.59. He scored one century and two half-centuries, hitting 20 fours and 11 sixes during the tournament.

Ibrahim Zadran Runs in Asia Cup 2022

Ibrahim Zadran (AFG) holds the 3rd position in the list of highest run scorers in Asia Cup 2022. He has accumulated 196 runs in 5 matches with a highest score of 64*. The Afghan batsman has a commendable average of 65.33 and has faced 188 balls with a strike rate of 104.25. He has hit 14 boundaries, which includes 1 fifty and 4 sixes.

PLAYER	MAT	RUNS	HS	AVE	BF	SR	100	50	4S	6S
Mohammad Rizwan (PAK)	6*	281	78*	56.2	239	117.57	0	3	21	6
Virat Kohli (INDIA)	5	276	122*	92	187	147.59	1	2	20	11
Ibrahim Zadran (AFG)	5	196	64*	65.33	188	104.25	0	1	14	4
Bhanuka Rajapaksa (SL)	6*	191	71*	47.75	128	149.21	0	1	15	9
P Nissanka (SL)	6*	173	55*	34.6	150	115.33	0	2	15	5
Kusal Mendis (SL)	6*	155	60	25.83	99	156.56	0	2	10	9
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG)	5	152	84	30.4	93	163.44	0	1	8	12
Suryakumar Yadav (INDIA)	5	139	68*	34.75	85	163.52	0	1	10	8
Rohit Sharma (INDIA)	4	133	72	33.25	88	151.13	0	1	10	8
KL Rahul (INDIA)	5	132	62	26.4	108	122.22	0	1	8	6

Asia Cup 2018 Highest Run Scorer

Shikhar Dhawan was the highest run scorer in the 2018 Asia Cup, with 342 runs in 6 matches. He averaged 68.40 and had a strike rate of 102.08.

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*

Asia Cup 2016 Highest Run Scorer

Sabbir Rahman was the highest run scorer in the 2016 Asia Cup, with 176 runs in 4 matches. He averaged 44.00 and had a strike rate of 196.23.

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

Asia 2014 Cup Highest Run Scorer

Lahiru Thirimanne was the highest run scorer in the 2014 Asia Cup, with 279 runs in 5 matches. He averaged 55.80 and had a strike rate of 87.50.

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

Asia Cup 2012 Highest Run Scorer

Virat Kohli was the highest run scorer in the 2012 Asia Cup, with 357 runs in 6 matches. He averaged 119 and had a strike rate of 102.

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

Asia Cup 2010 Highest Run Scorer

Shahid Afridi was the highest run scorer in the 2010 Asia Cup, with 265 runs in 3 matches. He averaged 88.33 and had a strike rate of 164.59.

Player	Matches	Inns	Runs	Avg	Sr	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

Asia Cup 2008 Highest Run Scorer

Sanath Jayasuriya was the highest run scorer in the 2008 Asia Cup, with 378 runs in 6 matches. He averaged 75.6 and had a strike rate of 126.

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

Asia Cup 2004 Highest Run Scorer

Shoaib Malik was the highest run scorer in the 2004 Asia Cup, with 316 runs in 5 matches. He averaged 63.20 and had a strike rate of 90.74.

Player	Matches	Runs	SR	4s	6s
Shoaib Malik	5	316	100.32	36	3
Sanath Jayasuriya	5	293	91.85	29	2
Sachin Tendulkar	6	281	72.42	30	2
Sourav Ganguly	6	244	60.55	20	4
Avishka Gunawardene	6	227	59.89	21	1

Asia Cup 2000 Highest Run Scorer

Mohammad Yousuf was the highest run scorer in the 2000 Asia Cup, with 295 runs in 4 matches. He averaged 147.5 and had a strike rate of 73.75.

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

Asia Cup 1997 Highest Run Scorer

The highest run scorer in the 1996 Asia Cup was Arjuna Ranatunga, with 272 runs in 4 matches. He averaged 136 and had a strike rate of 88.02.

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	12/30	1	17	2

Asia Cup 1995 Highest Run Scorer

Sachin Tendulkar was the highest run scorer in the 1995 Asia Cup, with 205 runs in 4 matches. He averaged 68.33 and had a strike rate of 109.62.

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

Asia Cup 1990/91 Highest Run Scorer

Arjuna Ranatunga was the highest run scorer in the 1990/91 Asia Cup, with 166 runs in 3 matches. He averaged 83 and had a strike rate of 73.45.

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	Average	SR	HS	100	50
Arjuna Ranatunga	3	3	1	166	83	73.45	64*	0	2
Navjot Singh Sidhu	3	3	1	144	72	81.45	104*	1	0
Aravinda de Silva	3	3	0	126	42	120	89	0	1
Athar Ali Khan	2	2	1	122	122	71.34	78*	0	1
Sanjay Manjrekar	3	3	2	112	112	65.88	75*	0	1

Asia Cup 1988 Highest Run Scorer

Ijaz Ahmed was the highest run scorer in the 1988 Asia Cup, with 192 runs in 3 matches. He averaged 96 and had a strike rate of 103.78.

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

Asia Cup 1986 Highest Run Scorer

Arjuna Ranatunga was the highest run scorer in the 1986 Asia Cup, with 105 runs in 3 matches. He averaged 52.5 and had a strike rate of 92.1.

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

Asia Cup 1984 Highest Run Scorer

Surinder Khanna was the highest run scorer in the 1984 Asia Cup, with 107 runs in 2 matches. He averaged 56 and had a strike rate of 75.88.

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

Asia Cup Highest Run Scorer in T20I format

Player	Team	Matches	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50
Mohammad Rizwan	Pakistan	6	281	78*	56.2	117.57	0	3
Virat Kohli	India	5	276	122*	92	147.59	1	2
Ibrahim Zadran	Afghanistan	5	196	64*	65.33	104.25	0	1
Bhanuka Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka	6	191	71*	47.75	149.21	0	1
Pathum Nissanka	Sri Lanka	6	173	55*	34.6	115.33	0	2
Kusal Mendis	Sri Lanka	6	155	60	25.83	156.56	0	2
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	Afghanistan	5	152	84	30.4	163.44	0	1
Suyarkumar Yadav	India	5	139	68*	34.75	163.52	0	1
Rohit Sharma	India	4	133	72	33.25	151.13	0	1
KL Rahul	India	5	132	62	26.4	122.22	0	1
Dasun Shanaka	Sri Lanka	6	111	45	22.2	138.75	0	0
Iftikhar Ahmed	Pakistan	6	105	32	26.25	100.96	0	0
Fakhar Zaman	Pakistan	6	96	53	16	103.22	0	1
Hazratullah Zazai	Afghanistan	5	93	37*	23.25	102.19	0	0
Mohammad Nawaz	Pakistan	6	79	42	15.8	143.63	0	0
Mosaddek Hossain	Bangladesh	2	72	48*	–	180	0	0
Najibullah Zadran	Afghanistan	5	72	43*	24	171.42	0	0
Babar Azam	Pakistan	6	68	30	11.33	107.93	0	0
Chamika Karunaratne	Sri Lanka	6	66	31	33	103.12	0	0
Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka	6	66	36	22	150	0	0

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
Virat Kohli	India	11	10	613	183	61.3	97.14	3	1
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	15	13	591	88	59.1	89.27	0	6
Gautam Gambhir	India	13	13	573	100	44.07	89.95	1	5
Suresh Raina	India	13	13	547	116*	60.77	113.95	2	3
Younis Khan	Pakistan	14	13	546	144	49.63	100.55	2	3
Shikhar Dhawan	India	9	9	534	127	59.33	91.43	2	2
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	23	21	532	124	35.46	140.74	2	1
Navjot Singh Sidhu	India	14	12	530	104*	66.25	77.71	1	6
Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	13	13	519	70	43.25	81.34	0	6

Most Runs in Asia Cup History

POS	PLAYER	TEAM	PERIOD	MATCH	RUNS	HS	AVE	BF	SR	100	50	4S	6S
1	Sanath Jayasuriya	SL	1990-2008	25	1220	130	53.04	1190	102.52	6	3	139	23
2	Kumar Sangakkara	SL	2004-2014	24	1075	121	48.86	1272	84.51	4	8	107	7
3	Sachin Tendulkar	IND	1990-2012	23	971	114	51.1	1136	85.47	2	7	108	8
4	Shoaib Malik	PAK	2000-2018	21	907	143	64.78	975	93.02	3	4	89	12
5	Rohit Sharma	IND	2008-2018	27	883	111*	42.04	981	90.01	1	7	77	21
6	Virat Kohli	IND	2010-2016	16	766	183	63.83	769	99.6	3	2	80	4
7	Arjuna Ranatunga	SL	1984-1997	19	741	131*	57	895	82.79	1	6	49+	7+
8	Mushfiqur Rahim	BAN	2008-2018	26	739	144	32.13	881	83.88	2	2	56	10
9	MS Dhoni	IND	2008-2018	24	690	109*	69	754	91.51	1	3	49	16
10	Mahela Jayawardene	SL	2000-2014	28	674	78	29.3	769	87.64	0	7	70	6