Asia Cup 2023: Most Runs in Asia Cup History

Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka is the top run scorer in Asia Cup history as the former cricketer scored a total of 1220 runs in the tournament. Among the current batch of players, Rohit Sharma  tops the list with 745 runs. Virat Kohli, his teammate is not far behind as the former  Indian captain has 613 runs to his name. Meanwhile, with 33 wickets to his name, Lasith Malinga has the most wickets in Asia Cup.

Most Runs in Asia Cup 2023 (16th Edition)

Last Updated on 17th September 2023

Most Runs in Asia Cup

*Last Updated on 17th September 2023
The Asia Cup trivia

• Surinder Khanna of India with 107 runs was the leading run-scorer of the inaugural edition of the Asia Cup in 2014.
• Sanath Jayasuriya in 2008 recorded the most runs (378 runs) in a single edition of the tournament.
• Shikhar Dhawan is the last recipient of this achievement as the Indian scored 342 runs in the last edition of Asia Cup which was played in 2018.

List of Most Runs in Asia Cup History (1984 – Present)

Sanath Jayasuriya tops the list with the most runs in Asia Cup history. With his highest score of 130 in the tournament, the left-hander recorded 1220 runs in 25 matches that he played. Kumar Sangakkara, his former teammate, ranks second to the list as the former Sri Lankan cricketer scored 1075 runs from 24 games. 

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are the two Indians with over 1000 runs in Asia Cup histrory. 

Arjuna Ranatunga is the only player to feature thrice in the list of leading run scorers in a single edition of the competition. The former Sri Lanka captain has 741 runs in the competition and was the leading run scorer in the years 1986, 1990-91, and 1997. 

The Asia Cup schedule of the newest edition is out and the Pakistan team will challenge Nepal in the first match of the competition. The six teams are once again divided into two groups and the top two teams on the Asia Cup points table will qualify for the super fours.