Asia Cup: Best XI of all time

Asia Cup 2023 will be played from August 30 to September 17, 2023, and during these 19 days, cricket fans might witness excellent-quality cricket. This time, the continental tournament will be played in the One-Day International (ODI) format so it will be difficult for small teams to perform turnarounds against the tournament favourites India and Pakistan as they did in the previous installment of the tournament played in the T20 International (T20I) format.

As the competition is only a few days away, it’s essential for cricket fans to know about the heroes of this illustrious tournament played among Asian sides. In 39 years of its history, the continental tournament has got some incredible names who made it successful with their unprecedented performances.

Here is the best Asia Cup XI (ODI format) of all time

1. Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar is the most successful Indian batter in the continental tournament, scoring 971 runs in 21 innings of 23 matches (ODI format of Asia Cup) at a strike rate of 85.47. He also notched up a couple of tons and seven half-centuries. In 1995, India pulled off their fourth title, and Tendulkar ended up as the leading run-getter in the competition.

He scored 205 runs in four matches at a strike rate of 109.62. The Master Blaster also scored a match-winning hundred in the important league game against Sri Lanka. In the 2004 Asia Cup held in Sri Lanka, India lost to the hosts in the final and concluded their journey as runners-up. However, Tendulkar looked confident with the bat and became the third-highest run-scorer in the competition, with 281 runs in six matches with three fifties in six games.

In December 2012, Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODI cricket, and his last game in the format was against Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2012. Appearing in the continental tournament for the last time, he scored his 100th international century against the hosts Bangladesh in Mirpur.