List of Asia Cup cricket records

This is an overall list of statistics and records of the Asia Cup, which was a One Day International tournament until 2016, since when it has alternated as a Twenty20 International tournament.

One day Internationals[]

Records and statistics[]

Batting
Highest score [1]	Virat Kohli v Pakistan	183 (2012)
Most runs in a tournament[2]	Sanath Jayasuriya	378 (2008)
Highest average [3]	Angelo Mathews	82.75 (2010–2018)
Most ducks [4]	Rubel Hossain	3 (2014–2018)
	Salman Butt	3 (2008–2010)
	Aminul Islam	3 (1988–2000)
	Mahela Jayawardene	3 (2000–2014)
Most hundreds [5]	Sanath Jayasuriya	6 (1990–2008)
Most fifties (and over) [6]	Kumar Sangakkara	12 (2004–2014)
Highest strike rate [7]	Shahid Afridi	140.74 (1997–2014)
Highest partnership [8]	Mohammad Hafeez & Nasir Jamshed (1st wicket) v India	224 (2012)
Bowling
Best bowling figures [9]	Ajantha Mendis v India	6/13 (2008)
Most wickets in a tournament [10]	Ajantha Mendis	17 (2008)
Most 5 wickets in an innings [11]	Lasith Malinga	3 (2004–2018)
Fielding
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper) [12]	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	36 (25 catches and 11 stumpings) (2008–2018)
	Kumar Sangakkara	36 (27 catches and 9 stumpings) (2004–2014)
Most catches (fielder) [13]	Mahela Jayawardene	15 (2000–2014)
Team
Highest score [14]	Pakistan v  Bangladesh	385/7 (2010)
Lowest score [15]	Bangladesh v  Pakistan	87 (2000)
Individual
Most matches [16]	Mahela Jayawardene	28 (2000–2014)
Most matches as captain [17]	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	14 (2008–2018)
Most matches as an umpire[18]	Billy Bowden	14 (2004–2014)

Most runs[]

Player	Team	Matches	Runs	NO	Ave.	SR	HS	100	50	4s	6s
Sanath Jayasuriya (1990–2008)	Sri Lanka	25	1220	1	53.04	102.52	130	6	3	139	23
Kumar Sangakkara (2004–2014)	Sri Lanka	26	1075	1	48.86	84.51	121	4	8	107	7
Sachin Tendulkar (1990–2012)	India	23	971	2	51.10	85.47	114	2	7	108	8
Shoaib Malik (2000–2018)	Pakistan	17	786	3	65.50	90.65	143	3	3	76	8
Rohit Sharma (2008–2018)	India	22	745	5	46.56	84.94	111*	1	6	60	17

Source: ESPNCricinfo ^[19]

Most wickets[]

Player	Team	Matches	Wickets	Overs	Runs	Econ.	Ave.	BBI	4WI	5WI
Muttiah Muralitharan (1995–2010)	Sri Lanka	24	30	230.2	865	3.75	28.83	5/31	1	1
Lasith Malinga (2004–2018)	Sri Lanka	14	29	128.1	596	4.65	20.55	5/34	1	3
Ajantha Mendis (2008–2014)	Sri Lanka	8	26	68.0	271	3.98	10.42	6/13	2	2
Saeed Ajmal (2008–2014)	Pakistan	12	25	115.0	485	4.21	19.40	3/26	0	0
Chaminda Vaas (1995–2008)	Sri Lanka	19	23	152.2	639	4.19	27.78	3/30	0	0

Source:ESPNCricinfo^[20]

Most runs in the tournament[]

Year	Player	Performance details
1984	Surinder Khanna	107 runs
1986	Arjuna Ranatunga	105 runs
1988	Ijaz Ahmed	192 runs
1990-91	Arjuna Ranatunga	166 runs
1995	Sachin Tendulkar	205 runs
1997	Arjuna Ranatunga	272 runs
2000	Mohammad Yousuf	295 runs
2004	Shoaib Malik	316 runs
2008	Sanath Jayasuriya	378 runs
2010	Shahid Afridi	265 runs
2012	Virat Kohli	357 runs
2014	Lahiru Thirimanne	279 runs
2018	Shikhar Dhawan	342 runs

Most wickets in the tournament[]

Year	Player	Performance details
1984	Ravi Shastri	4 wickets
1986	Abdul Qadir	9 wickets
1988	Arshad Ayub	9 wickets
1990-91	Kapil Dev	9 wickets
1995	Anil Kumble	7 wickets
1997	Venkatesh Prasad	7 wickets
2000	Abdul Razzaq	8 wickets
2004	Irfan Pathan	14 wickets
2008	Ajantha Mendis	17 wickets
2010	Lasith Malinga	9 wickets
2012	Umar Gul	9 wickets
2014	Lasith Malinga Saeed Ajmal	11 wickets
2018	Rashid Khan Mustafizur Rahman Kuldeep Yadav	10 wickets

Man of the tournament[]

Year	Player	Performance details
1984	Surinder Khanna	107 runs
1986	Arjuna Ranatunga	105 runs
1988	Navjot Sidhu	179 runs
1990-91	Not Awarded	--
1995	Navjot Sidhu	116 runs
1997	Arjuna Ranatunga	272 runs
2000	Mohammad Yousuf	295 runs
2004	Sanath Jayasuriya	293 runs and 4 wickets
2008	Ajantha Mendis	17 wickets
2010	Shahid Afridi	265 runs and 3 wickets
2012	Shakib Al Hasan	237 runs and 6 wickets
2014	Lahiru Thirimanne	279 runs
2018	Shikhar Dhawan	342 runs

Man of the match (in final)[]

Year	Player	Performance details
1984	No Final Played	—
1986	Javed Miandad	67 runs
1988	Navjot Sidhu	76 runs
1990-91	Mohammad Azharuddin	54 runs
1995	Mohammad Azharuddin	90 runs
1997	Marvan Atapattu	84 runs
2000	Moin Khan	56 runs
2004	Marvan Atapattu	65 runs
2008	Ajantha Mendis	6 wickets
2010	Dinesh Karthik	66 runs
2012	Shahid Afridi	32 runs and 1 wicket
2014	Lasith Malinga	5 wickets
2018	Liton Das	121 runs

Twenty20 Internationals[]

Records and statistics[]

Batting
Highest score[21]	Babar Hayat v  Oman	122 (2016)
Most runs[22]	Babar Hayat	194 (2016)
Most runs in a tournament[23]	Babar Hayat	194 (2016)
Highest average[24]	Mahmudullah Riyad	121.00 (2016)
Most sixes[25]	Babar Hayat	8 (2016)
Most ducks[26]	Mashrafe Mortaza	3 (2016)
Most hundreds[27]	Babar Hayat	1 (2016)
Most fifties and over[28]	Dinesh Chandimal Babar Hayat	2 (2016)
Highest strike rate (Minimum 125 balls)[29]	Sabbir Rahman	123.94 (2016)
Highest partnership[30]	Umar Akmal & Shoaib Malik (4th wicket) v  United Arab Emirates	114* (2016)
Bowling
Best bowling figures[31]	Mohammad Nabi v  Hong Kong	4/17 (2016)
Most wickets[32]	Amjad Javed	12 (2016)
Most wickets in a tournament[33]	Amjad Javed	12 (2016)
Most 5 wickets in an innings[34]	–	–
Fielding
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper)[35]	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	7 (6 catches and 1 stumping) (2016)
Most catches (fielder)[36]	Babar Hayat	6 (2016)
Team
Highest score[37]	Oman v Hong Kong	180/5 (2016)
Lowest score[38]	United Arab Emirates v  India	81/9 (2016)
Miscellaneous
Most matches[39]	Ahmed Raza	7 (2016)
Most matches as captain[40]	Amjad Javed	7 (2016)
Most matches as an umpire[41]	Ruchira Palliyaguruge Sharfuddoula	6 (2016)

Most runs in the tournament[]

Year	Player	Runs
2016[42]	Babar Hayat	194

Most wickets in the tournament[]

Year	Player	Wickets
2016[43]	Amjad Javed	12

Man of the tournament[]

Year	Player	Performance details
2016[44]	Sabbir Rahman	176 runs

Man of the match (in final)[]

Year	Player	Performance details
2016[45]	Shikhar Dhawan	60 runs

See also[]

• List of Asia Cup centuries
• List of Asia Cup five-wicket hauls
• Women's Asia Cup

References[]