Asia Cup 2023: Most fifties in Asia Cup History

After ICC tournaments, Asia Cup is another multi-nation tournament that gives a chance to players to prove their mettle utilizing their skills. Since 1984, the continental tournament is entertaining cricket fans consistently with its intense level of competition. In the last 39 years of the tournament, there have been some incredible batters who’ve performed exceptionally and made it into the record books. 

Kumara Sangakkara, the former Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batter, is the second-most successful batter in the Asia Cup in terms of runs. However, when it’s about scoring half-centuries, Sangakkara tops the chart with eight fifties in 23 innings of 24 matches. In Sri Lanka’s 2004 title victory, he scored 53 off 82 against India in the final game.

Following Sangakkara, Sachin Tendulkar  Mahela Jayawardene and Rohit Sharma are holding the second spot on the list of batters with the most fifties. Both legendary batters scored seven hundreds in the marquee tournament played among Asian sides. Tendulkar’s ODI career’s last game was the match against Pakistan, in which he notched up a half-century in his team’s emphatic six-wicket victory. Talking about Jayawardene, the former Sri Lanka captain played a crucial role in his team’s 2014 trophy win, with his fabulous innings of 75 off 93 in the final match against Misbah-ul-Haq-led Pakistan.

Rohit Sharma, who too has hit seven fifties in the Asia Cup, have surpassed the record of veterans such as Arjuna Ranatunga, Marvan Atapattu, and Inzamam-ul-Haq, who have scored six half-centuries in the distinguished continental competition. Sharma ended up as the second-leading run-scorer in the Asia Cup 2018, with a couple of fifties. Playing the high-voltage group match against Pakistan, the right-handed batter delivered a sensational knock of 52 to India to vanquish the Men in Green comfortably by eight wickets. 

Talking about other players who scored six half-centuries in the tournament are Inzamam-ul-Haq and Marvan Atapattu. In 2000, Pakistan won its maiden Asia Cup title under Moin Khan, and in the fabulous final contest against Sri Lanka, Inzamam scored an unbeaten 72 to help his team pocket the match by 39 runs. Similarly in the 2004 Asia Cup final, Marvan Atapattu led his side to a 25-run triumph over India, with his match-winning innings of 65 off 87.  

Most fifties in Asia Cup 2023

Most fifties in Asia Cup