Virat Kohli To Virender Sehwag; Top 5 Batsmen With Most Runs In An Asia Cup Edition

Asia Cup 2023 begins on August 30 with the first match between Pakistan and Nepal in Multan. India play their first match of Asia Cup against Pakistan on September 2 in Kandy. Now, we tell you about the 5 players who scored most runs in a single edition of Asia Cup.

Sri Lankan batting legend Jayasuriya smashed 378 runs in the 2008 Asia Cup at an average of 75.60 and strike rate of 126. This included 1 hundreds and1 fifties respectively.

Ex-India middle order batter Raina scored 372 runs in Asia Cup 2008 wherein he also hit 2 hundreds and 2 fifties and these runs came at an average of 74.40 and strike rate of 110.38.

Kohli had scored a staggering 357 runs in 3 matches of Asia Cup 2012, scoring at an average of 119 and strike rate of 102. This included 2 hundreds and 1 fifty respectively.

In 5 matches of Asia Cup in 2008, Sehwag, the Nawab of Najafgarh scored 348 runs at an average of 69.60 and strike rate of 143.80.

Kumar Sangakkara, former Sri Lanka batter, smashed 345 runs in 6 matches in Asia Cup of 2008. These runs came at an average of 57.50 and strike rate of 99.13.