What originally began as a biennial tournament all the way back in 1984 has today grown into a major name on the Asian cricket calendar over the years. We’re referring to cricket’s historic Asia Cup, organised by Asian Cricket Council which is a subordinate of the International Cricket Council (ICC). And over the years, many batting as well as bowling Asia Cup records have been created, maintained, and broken.
You play well in one game and people will remember you for a few weeks. But you play well in a single tournament for years and you’ll be in the history books forever. That’s what we’re going to highlight today as we’ve jotted down an Asia Cup centuries list of all-time, by batsmen from every participating nation till date, updated 17th September 2023, at the end of the Asia Cup 2023 final.
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Since inception of the tournament almost four decades ago, there have been a total of 61 individual centuries in the Asia Cup, which includes 49 unique centurions from five different countries including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Hong Kong. 2016 was the first time we saw a T20 Asia Cup so this list includes those who have scored Asia Cup centuries in both the ODI as well as the T20I format.
List of all Asia Cup centuries ever scored
| Sr. | Name | Team | Date | Score |
| 1 | Moin-ul-Atiq | Pakistan | 29 Oct 1988 | 105(117) |
| 2 | Ijaz Ahmed | Pakistan | 29 Oct 1988 | 124(87)* |
| 3 | Navjot Singh Sidhu | India | 25 Dec 1990 | 104(109)* |
| 4 | Sachin Tendulkar | India | 9 Dec 1995 | 112(107)* |
| 5 | Arjuna Ranatunga | Sri Lanka | 18 Jul 1997 | 131(152)* |
| 6 | Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | 22 Jul 1997 | 108(83) |
| 7 | Sourav Ganguly | India | 30 May 2000 | 135(124)* |
| 8 | Sanath Jayasuriya (2) | Sri Lanka | 1 Jun 2000 | 105(116) |
| 9 | Yousuf Youhana | Pakistan | 3 Jun 2000 | 100(112)* |
| 10 | Marvan Atapattu | Sri Lanka | 7 Jun 2000 | 100(124) |
| 11 | Rahul Dravid | India | 16 Jul 2004 | 104(93) |
| 12 | Yasir Hameed | Pakistan | 17 Jul 2004 | 102(123) |
| 13 | Shoaib Malik | Pakistan | 18 Jul 2004 | 118(110) |
| 14 | Younis Khan | Pakistan | 18 Jul 2004 | 144(122) |
| 15 | Sanath Jayasuriya (3) | Sri Lanka | 23 Jul 2004 | 107(101)* |
| 16 | Shoaib Malik (2) | Pakistan | 25 Jul 2004 | 143(127) |
| 17 | Sanath Jayasuriya (4) | Sri Lanka | 27 Jul 2004 | 130(132) |
| 18 | Mohammad Ashraful | Bangladesh | 24 Jun 2008 | 109(126) |
| 19 | Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | 25 Jun 2008 | 101(91) |
| 20 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | India | 25 Jun 2008 | 109(96)* |
| 21 | Suresh Raina | India | 25 Jun 2008 | 101(68) |
| 22 | Shoaib Malik (3) | Pakistan | 26 Jun 2008 | 125(119)* |
| 23 | Virender Sehwag | India | 26 Jun 2008 | 119(95) |
| 24 | Alok Kapali | Bangladesh | 28 Jun 2008 | 115(96) |
| 25 | Suresh Raina (2) | India | 28 Jun 2008 | 116(107)* |
| 26 | Kumar Sangakkara (2) | Sri Lanka | 29 Jun 2008 | 112(110) |
| 27 | Sanath Jayasuriya (5) | Sri Lanka | 30 Jun 2008 | 130(88) |
| 28 | Kumar Sangakkara (3) | Sri Lanka | 30 Jun 2008 | 121(128) |
| 29 | Younis Khan (2) | Pakistan | 2 Jul 2008 | 123(117)* |
| 30 | Sanath Jayasuriya (6) | Sri Lanka | 6 Jul 2008 | 125(114) |
| 31 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 15 Jun 2010 | 109(76) |
| 32 | Shahid Afridi (2) | Pakistan | 21 Jun 2010 | 124(60) |
| 33 | Gautam Gambhir | India | 13 Mar 2012 | 100(118) |
The first couple of editions were shorter as compared to the rest and there were no centuries in those editions. The first ever Asia Cup century ever came in 1988 when Pakistan’s Moin-ul-Atiq hit 105(117) against Bangladesh, only for his teammate Ijaz Ahmed to join the Asia Cup centuries list just a few minutes later in the same innings.
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In terms of numbers, India has the most number of Asia Cup centuries with 20 tons in this tournament. From the associate nations, Afghanistan, Oman, Nepal and United Arab Emirates are yet to register centuries in this tournament while in the T20 format of this competition, only two centuries have been scored, by Babar Hayat (122) against Oman in Asia Cup 2016 and Virat Kohli (122*) in 2022.
| Sr. | Name | Team | Date | Score |
| 34 | Virat Kohli | India | 13 Mar 2012 | 108(120) |
| 35 | Sachin Tendulkar (2) | India | 16 Mar 2012 | 114(147) |
| 36 | Mohammad Hafeez | Pakistan | 18 Mar 2012 | 105(113) |
| 37 | Nasir Jamshed | Pakistan | 18 Mar 2012 | 112(104) |
| 38 | Virat Kohli (2) | India | 18 Mar 2012 | 183(148) |
| 39 | Lahiru Thirimanne | Sri Lanka | 25 Feb 2014 | 102(110) |
| 40 | Mushfiqur Rahim | Bangladesh | 26 Feb 2014 | 117(113) |
| 41 | Virat Kohli (3) | India | 26 Feb 2014 | 136(122) |
| 42 | Umar Akmal | Pakistan | 27 Feb 2014 | 102(89)* |
| 43 | Kumar Sangakkara (4) | Sri Lanka | 28 Feb 2014 | 103(84) |
| 44 | Anamul Haque | Bangladesh | 4 Mar 2014 | 100(132) |
| 45 | Ahmed Shehzad | Pakistan | 4 Mar 2014 | 103(123) |
| 46 | Fawad Alam | Pakistan | 8 Mar 2014 | 114(134)* |
| 47 | Lahiru Thirimanne (2) | Sri Lanka | 8 Mar 2014 | 101(108) |
| 48 | Babar Hayat | Hong Kong | 19 Feb 2016 | 122(60) |
| 49 | Mushfiqur Rahim (2) | Bangladesh | 15 Sep 2018 | 144(150) |
| 50 | Shikhar Dhawan | India | 18 Sep 2018 | 127(120) |
| 51 | Shikhar Dhawan (2) | India | 23 Sep 2018 | 114(100) |
| 52 | Rohit Sharma | India | 23 Sep 2018 | 111(119)* |
| 53 | Liton Das | Bangladesh | 28 Sep 2018 | 121(117) |
| 54 | Virat Kohli (4) | India | 8 Sep 2022 | 122(61)* |
| 55 | Babar Azam | Pakistan | 30 Aug 2023 | 151(131) |
| 56 | Iftikhar Ahmed | Pakistan | 30 Aug 2023 | 109(71)* |
| 57 | Mehidy Hasan Miraz | Bangladesh | 3 Sep 2023 | 112(119)* retd. |
| 58 | Najmul Hossain Shanto | Bangladesh | 3 Sep 2023 | 104(105) |
| 59 | KL Rahul | India | 10 Sep 2023 | 111(106)* |
| 60 | Virat Kohli (5) | India | 10 Sep 2023 | 122(94)* |
| 61 | Shubman Gill | India | 15 Sep 2023 | 121(133) |
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Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya holds the record for the most number of Asia Cup centuries with 6 centuries to his name, while India’s Virat Kohli is next in the list who has 4 in the ODI format and one in T20I format, totalling 5 Asia Cup centuries. Shahid Afridi holds the record for the fastest Asia Cup century (53 balls), while Kohli for the highest Asia Cup score (183 runs in Asia Cup 2012).
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