The Asia Cup has produced some of the most memorable performances in cricket history, from high-scoring thrillers to unforgettable spells with the ball.
This page brings together the most remarkable team and individual records from the Asia Cup’s ODI and T20I formats, updated through the 2025 Asia Cup (won by India), with a full preview of what’s coming at Asia Cup 2027 in Bangladesh.
All records below are updated as of the 2025 T20I edition. Figures marked “pending” will be confirmed once the ACC publishes final tournament stats.
Team Records
Most Titles
- India – 9 (ODI: 7, T20I: 2)
- Sri Lanka – 6
- Pakistan – 2
India claimed a second straight T20I crown in 2025, beating Pakistan by five wickets in a tense, controversy-tinged final in Dubai — their ninth title overall.
Highest Team Total (ODI): India – 374/4 vs Hong Kong (2008)
Lowest Team Total (ODI): Bangladesh – 87 all out vs Pakistan (2000)
Highest Team Total (T20I): India – 212/2 vs Afghanistan (2022)
Most Wins (All Formats Combined)
- India – 48 wins (updated after a perfect 7-0 run in 2025)
- Sri Lanka – 39
- Pakistan – 29
Batting Records
Most Runs in Asia Cup (ODI): Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) – 1,220 runs in 25 matches
Most Runs in Asia Cup (T20I, career): Virat Kohli (India) – 429 runs in 10 innings
Most Runs in a Single Asia Cup T20I Edition: Abhishek Sharma (India) – 314 runs in 7 innings (2025) — a new record, breaking Mohammad Rizwan’s 281 (2022) and finishing well clear of the field. Abhishek was named Player of the Tournament.
Highest Individual Score (ODI): Virat Kohli – 183 vs Pakistan (2012)
Highest Individual Score (T20I): Virat Kohli – 122* vs Afghanistan (2022)
Most Hundreds in Asia Cup: Sanath Jayasuriya – 6 centuries
Most Fifties
- Kumar Sangakkara – 12
- Shoaib Malik – 11
Bowling Records
Most Wickets in Asia Cup History (ODI + T20I combined): Kuldeep Yadav (India) – 36 wickets in 18 matches — Kuldeep passed Lasith Malinga’s long-standing mark of 33 wickets during the 2025 final against Pakistan.
Most Wickets in Asia Cup (ODI only): Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) – 30 wickets
Most Wickets in a Single T20I Edition: Kuldeep Yadav – 17 wickets in 7 matches (2025) — shared with Wanindu Hasaranga’s tally but achieved in fewer games; this eclipsed the previous single-edition record of 11 wickets held by Al-Amin Hossain (2016).
Best Bowling Figures (ODI): Ajantha Mendis – 6/13 vs India (2008)
Best Bowling Figures (T20I): Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 5/4 vs Afghanistan (2022)
Most 4-Wicket Hauls (All Formats)
- Lasith Malinga – 4
- Kuldeep Yadav – 4 (updated after his 2025 heroics, including a match-winning 4/30 in the final)
- Ajantha Mendis – 3
Wicketkeeping & Fielding
Most Dismissals (ODI): MS Dhoni – 36 dismissals (27 catches, 9 stumpings)
Most Catches (ODI): Muttiah Muralitharan – 15 catches (as non-wicketkeeper)
Most Catches (T20I): Rohit Sharma – 9 catches
Partnership Records
Highest Partnership (ODI): 286 runs – Mohammad Hafeez & Nasir Jamshed vs India (2012)
Highest Partnership (T20I): 119 runs – Rohit Sharma & KL Rahul vs Bangladesh (2016)
Captaincy Stats
Most Matches as Captain in Asia Cup
- MS Dhoni (India) – 14 matches
- Arjuna Ranatunga (Sri Lanka) – 13 matches
- Rohit Sharma (India) – 11 matches
Most Wins as Captain
Asia Cup Hat-tricks
Only two bowlers have taken hat-tricks in Asia Cup history:
- Aaqib Javed (Pakistan) – vs India, 1995
- Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) – vs Bangladesh, 2008
Fun Facts & Milestones (Updated with 2025)
- Youngest Player to Debut in Asia Cup: Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan) at age 16
- Oldest Player to Appear: Sanath Jayasuriya at 39
- First T20I Century in Asia Cup: Virat Kohli (122*) in 2022
- Most Man of the Match Awards: Shahid Afridi – 6
- Fastest Fifty: Mohammad Shahzad (Afghanistan) – 25 balls (2016)
- 2025 Player of the Tournament: Abhishek Sharma (314 runs, SR 200)
- 2025 storyline: India won the title without losing a match, but their captain Suryakumar Yadav and the team declined to accept the trophy from ACC chairman Mohsin Naqvi amid the India-Pakistan handshake controversy that ran through the tournament.
Asia Cup 2027: Everything We Know So Far
The Asia Cup returns to the 50-over ODI format for its 2027 edition, acting as a key warm-up ahead of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup later that year.
Host: Bangladesh — its first time hosting the Asia Cup since 2016, and a landmark event for new BCB President Tamim Iqbal.
Format: ODI (One Day International), reverting from the T20I format used in 2025. The Asia Cup traditionally mirrors the format of that year’s ICC World Cup, and since the 2027 Cricket World Cup (in South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe) is a 50-over event, the Asia Cup follows suit.
Reported Dates: 18 June – 4 July 2027 (window still awaiting final ACC confirmation as of mid-2026; some reports point to a September 2027 window instead, so treat exact dates as provisional).
Tournament Structure: Expected to follow the same format used in 2018 and 2023 — teams split into two groups, with the top two from each group advancing to a Super 4 stage, followed by the final. That’s a likely 13-match tournament in total.
Teams: The five ACC Full Members — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka — are expected to fill five of the spots automatically, with the remaining spot(s) decided through ACC qualifying events for associate nations.
Likely Venues: Mirpur (Dhaka), Chattogram, and Sylhet are the most widely reported host cities, though the ACC has not issued an official venue list.
Defending Champions: India, who will look to defend the title they won in the 2025 T20I edition and add a third T20I/ODI double since the tournament began alternating formats.
Storylines to Watch:
- Whether India and Pakistan will play each other at all, given the standing arrangement where neither team travels to the other’s country for bilateral series, any India-Pakistan meeting would again need a neutral-style arrangement within the tournament.
- Bangladesh hosting under some political and cricketing friction with India, following the postponement of a bilateral tour and Bangladesh’s earlier withdrawal from the T20 World Cup 2026.
- Kuldeep Yadav’s chance to extend his new all-time wicket-taking record in the format that first made his name in Asia Cup cricket (2018).
- Whether Abhishek Sharma’s white-hot 2025 form carries over into the 50-over game, where he’ll now be measured against Kohli’s legacy ODI numbers rather than his own T20I ones.
Note: As of writing, the ACC has not released an official schedule, venue-wise match allocations, or full squads for Asia Cup 2027 — this section will get updated once those are confirmed.