Sanatha Jayasuriya is seen wearing the Sri Lankan ODI cricket team's jersey
Sanath Jayasuriya has scored more centuries than any other player in the tournament.

In cricket, a player is said to have scored a century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings.[1] The Asia Cup is a either One Day International format (50 overs) and Twenty20 International cricket format (20 overs) tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council,[2] a subordinate of the International Cricket Council (ICC).[3] Originally started as a biennial tournament in 1984, it has since been organised 16 times as of the latest edition in 2023.[a][b] Since its inception, a total of 60 centuries have been scored by 39 players from four different teams—Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.[5][b] India have scored the most centuries with 20.[6][b]

Notable Records

Key

Symbol Meaning
Runs Number of runs scored
* Batsman remained not out
† Scored at home venue
‡ Scored in a final
Number of balls faced
4s Number of fours hit
6s Number of sixes hit
S/R Strike rate (Runs scored per 100 balls)
D/L The result was decided by Duckworth–Lewis method

ODI Centuries

List of Asia Cup ODI centuries[7]
No. Player Runs Balls 4s 6s S/R Team Opposition Venue Date Result Ref
1 Moin-ul-Atiq 105 117 – – 89.74  Pakistan  Bangladesh Chittagong Stadium, Chittagong 29 October 19881 Won [14]
2 Ijaz Ahmed 124* 87 9 4 142.52  Pakistan  Bangladesh Chittagong Stadium, Chittagong 29 October 19882 Won [14]
3 Navjot Singh Sidhu 104* 109 10 3 95.41  India  Bangladesh Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh 25 December 1990 Won [15]
4 Sachin Tendulkar 112* 107 15 1 104.67  India  Sri Lanka Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah 9 December 1995 Won [16]
5 Arjuna Ranatunga 131* † 152 17 0 86.18  Sri Lanka  India R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 18 July 1997 Won [17]
6 Sanath Jayasuriya 108 † 83 14 3 130.12  Sri Lanka  Bangladesh Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 22 July 1997 Won [18]
7 Sourav Ganguly 135* 124 6 7 108.87  India  Bangladesh Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 30 May 2000 Won [19]
8 Sanath Jayasuriya 105 116 11 0 90.51  Sri Lanka  India Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 1 June 2000 Won [20]
9 Yousuf Youhana 100* 112 9 1 89.28  Pakistan  India Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 3 June 2000 Won [21]
10 Marvan Atapattu 100 124 9 0 80.64  Sri Lanka  Pakistan Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 7 June 2000 Lost [22]
11 Rahul Dravid 104 93 8 0 111.82  India  United Arab Emirates Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla 16 July 2004 Won [23]
12 Yasir Hameed 102 123 10 0 82.92  Pakistan  Bangladesh Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 17 July 2004 Won [24]
13 Shoaib Malik 118 110 10 2 107.27  Pakistan  Hong Kong Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 18 July 20041 Won (D/L) [25]
14 Younis Khan 144 122 8 3 118.03  Pakistan  Hong Kong Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 18 July 20042 Won (D/L) [25]
15 Sanath Jayasuriya 107* † 101 11 0 105.94  Sri Lanka  Bangladesh R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 23 July 2004 Won [26]
16 Shoaib Malik 143 127 18 1 112.59  Pakistan  India R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 25 July 2004 Won [27]
17 Sanath Jayasuriya 130 † 132 14 1 98.48  Sri Lanka  India R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 27 July 2004 Lost [28]
18 Mohammad Ashraful 109 126 8 0 86.50  Bangladesh  United Arab Emirates Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 24 June 2008 Won [29]
19 Kumar Sangakkara 101 91 16 0 110.98  Sri Lanka  Bangladesh Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 25 June 20081 Won [30]
20 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 109* 96 6 6 113.54  India  Hong Kong National Stadium, Karachi 25 June 20082 Won [31]
21 Suresh Raina 101 68 7 5 148.52  India  Hong Kong National Stadium, Karachi 25 June 20083 Won [31]
22 Shoaib Malik 125* † 119 16 1 105.04  Pakistan  India National Stadium, Karachi 26 June 20081 Lost [32]
23 Virender Sehwag 119 95 12 5 125.26  India  Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi 26 June 20082 Won [32]
24 Alok Kapali 115 96 10 5 119.79  Bangladesh  India National Stadium, Karachi 28 June 20081 Lost [33]
25 Suresh Raina 116* 107 11 3 108.41  India  Bangladesh National Stadium, Karachi 28 June 20082 Won [33]
26 Kumar Sangakkara 112 110 10 1 101.81  Sri Lanka  Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi 29 June 2008 Won [34]
27 Sanath Jayasuriya 130 88 16 6 147.72  Sri Lanka  Bangladesh National Stadium, Karachi 30 June 2008 Won [35]
28 Kumar Sangakkara 121 128 16 1 94.53  Sri Lanka  Bangladesh National Stadium, Karachi 30 June 2008 Won [35]
29 Younis Khan 123* † 117 11 1 105.12  Pakistan  India National Stadium, Karachi 2 July 2008 Won [36]
30 Sanath Jayasuriya 125 ‡ 114 9 5 109.64  Sri Lanka  India National Stadium, Karachi 6 July 2008 Won [37]
31 Shahid Afridi 109 76 8 7 143.42  Pakistan  Sri Lanka Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla 15 June 2010 Lost [38]
32 Shahid Afridi 124 60 17 4 206.66  Pakistan  Bangladesh Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla 21 June 2010 Won [39]
33 Gautam Gambhir 100 118 7 0 84.74  India  Sri Lanka Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur 13 March 20121 Won [40]
34 Virat Kohli 108 120 7 0 90.00  India  Sri Lanka Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur 13 March 20122 Won [40]
35 Sachin Tendulkar 114 147 12 1 77.55  India  Bangladesh Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur 16 March 2012 Lost [41]
36 Mohammad Hafeez 105 113 9 1 92.92  Pakistan  India Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur 18 March 20121 Lost [42]
37 Nasir Jamshed 112 104 10 1 107.69  Pakistan  India Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur 18 March 20122 Lost [42]
38 Virat Kohli 183 ‡ 148 22 1 123.64  India  Pakistan Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur 18 March 20123 Won [42]
39 Lahiru Thirimanne 102 110 11 1 92.72  Sri Lanka  Pakistan Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah 25 February 2014 Won [43]
40 Mushfiqur Rahim 117 † 113 7 2 103.53  Bangladesh  India Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah 26 February 20141 Lost [44]
41 Virat Kohli 136 122 16 2 111.47  India  Bangladesh Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah 26 February 20142 Won [44]
42 Umar Akmal 102* 89 7 3 114.60  Pakistan  Afghanistan Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah 27 February 2014 Won [45]
43 Kumar Sangakkara 103 84 12 1 122.61  Sri Lanka  India Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah 28 February 2014 Won [46]
44 Anamul Haque Bijoy 100 † 132 6 4 75.75  Bangladesh  Pakistan Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur 4 March 20141 Lost [47]
45 Ahmed Shehzad 103 123 12 1 83.73  Pakistan  Bangladesh Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur 4 March 20142 Won [47]
46 Fawad Alam 114* ‡ 134 8 3 85.07  Pakistan  Sri Lanka Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur 8 March 20141 Lost [48]
47 Lahiru Thirimanne 101 ‡ 108 13 0 93.51  Sri Lanka  Pakistan Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur 8 March 20142 Won [48]
48 Mushfiqur Rahim 144 150 11 4 96.00  Bangladesh  Sri Lanka Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 15 September 2018 Won [49]
49 Shikhar Dhawan 127 120 15 2 105.83  India  Hong Kong Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 18 September 2018 Won [50]
50 Shikhar Dhawan 114 100 16 2 114.00  India  Pakistan Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 23 September 20181 Won [51]
51 Rohit Sharma 111* 119 7 4 93.28  India  Pakistan Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 23 September 20182 Won [51]
52 Liton Das 121 ‡ 117 12 2 103.41  Bangladesh  India Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 28 September 2018 Lost [52]
53 Babar Azam 151 ‡ 131 14 4 115.26  Pakistan    Nepal Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan 30 August 2023 Won [53]
54 Iftikhar Ahmed 109 71 11 4 153.52  Pakistan    Nepal Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan 30 August 2023 Won [53]
55 Mehidy Hasan 112 119 7 3 94.11  Bangladesh  Afghanistan Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 3 September 2023 Won
56 Najmul Hossain Shanto 104 105 9 2 99.04  Bangladesh  Afghanistan Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 3 September 2023 Won
57 K. L. Rahul 111* 106 12 2 104.71  India  Pakistan R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 11 September 2023 Won
58 Virat Kohli 122* 94 9 3 129.78  India  Pakistan R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 11 September 2023 Won
59 Shubman Gill 121 133 8 5 90.97  India  Bangladesh R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 15 September 2023 Lost

T20I Centuries

List of Asia Cup T20I centuries
No. Player Runs Balls 4s 6s S/R Team Opposition Venue Date Result Ref
1 Virat Kohli 122* 61 12 6 200.00  India  Afghanistan Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 8 September 2022 Win [54]

Notes

  1. ^ The 1993 edition which was scheduled to be played in Pakistan was cancelled.[4]
  2. ^ a b c d Including T20Is
  3. ^ Afridi reached the century in 53 balls. As of 2014, it remains the tenth fastest in ODIs.[10][11]
  4. ^ Kohli also holds the record for the highest individual score made by a captain in the tournament.[12]

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