Centuries or hundreds are known as the big individual scores in the ODI format. So undoubtedly, it has an important role in the batting side. Here, we are talking about most centuries’ records in the Asia Cup (ODI) history.
Asia Cup is a special tournament for the Asian cricket teams. This competition has an important place in international cricket due to the massive growth in Asian cricket.
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We have experienced many great batting performances in the Asia Cup history, which now runs in ODI and T20I formats.
In this article, we are only discussing the most hundreds in the ODI Asia Cup tournament history.
Article Contents:
Most centuries
Most centuries for each team (only Test members)
Most centuries by captains
Most centuries by wicket keepers
Asia Cup (ODI): Most centuries (Top 5)
Legendary Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya records the most centuries in the ODI Asia Cup history. The left-handed popular batter smashed six centuries in this competition.
Player (Team) | Number of centuries |
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) | 6 |
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) | 4 |
Virat Kohli (India) | 3 |
Shoaib Malik (Pakistan) | 3 |
Shikhar Dhawan (India) | 2 |
(Updated till Asia Cup 2018)
Asia Cup (ODI): Most centuries for each team (only Test members)
All the ICC Full Members (Test playing sides) recorded at least one century in the ODI Asia Cup history.
Player (Team) | Number of centuries |
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) | 6 |
Virat Kohli (India) | 3 |
Shoaib Malik (Pakistan) | 3 |
Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh) | 2 |
Mohammad Shahzad (Afghanistan) | 1 |
(Updated till Asia Cup 2018)
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Asia Cup (ODI): Most centuries by captains (all captains)
Only Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi recorded more than one ODI Asia Cup century as a captain. The aggressive right-handed batter scored two centuries as the captain in the ODI Asia Cup history.
Player (Team) | Number of centuries |
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) | 2 |
MS Dhoni (India) | 1 |
Sourav Ganguly (India) | 1 |
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) | 1 |
Virat Kohli (India) | 1 |
Mohammad Ashraful (Bangladesh) | 1 |
Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh) | 1 |
Arjuna Ranatunga (Sri Lanka) | 1 |
Rohit Sharma (India) | 1 |
Shoaib Malik (Pakistan) | 1 |
(Updated till Asia Cup 2018)
Asia Cup (ODI): Most centuries by wicketkeeper-batters (all wicket keepers)
Among the wicketkeeper-batters, only legendary Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara recorded more than one century in the ODI Asia Cup history. The left-handed wicketkeeper-batter smashed four centuries in the competition.
Player (Team) | Number of centuries |
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) | 4 |
Anamul Haque (Bangladesh) | 1 |
MS Dhoni (India) | 1 |
Rahul Dravid (India) | 1 |
Mohammad Shahzad (Afghanistan) | 1 |
Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh) | 1 |
Umar Akmal (Pakistan) | 1 |
(Updated till Asia Cup 2018)
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