Highest Strike Rates in Asia Cup: The Asia Cup has always given fans exciting cricket and great match-ups with arch-rivals India and Pakistan. In the Asia Cup, some players are remembered for their evergreen Strike-rate not only for scoring runs. The Asia Cup has been played ODI format as well as the T20I format. We will see in both the T20I and ODIs player strike rate.
Let’s look at some of the fastest innings and players with the best strike rates in Asia Cup history
Highest Strike Rates in Asia Cup: ODI Innings
Only a few players have played fearless innings in the Asia Cup history in ODIs.
- Shahid Afridi scored 124 runs in just 60 balls against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup 2010. His strike rate of 206.66 is still remembered as one of the best attacking knocks.
- Start batter from Afghanistan Mohammad Nabi has played an explosive 65 off 32 balls knock against Sri Lanka in 2023 with a strike rate of 203.12.
Highest Strike Rates in Asia Cup: T20 Innings
The shortest format of the Asia Cup has also given us some explosive batting displays.
- Suryakumar Yadav scored 68* runs off 26 balls against Hong Kong in 2022 at Dubai with a strike rate of 261.53.
- Mahmudullah made 33 off 13 balls against India in 2016 with a strike rate of 253.84.
- Najibullah Zadran smashed 43 off 17 balls against Bangladesh in 2022 at Sharjah with a strike rate of 252.94.
These innings were short but very powerful, and they changed the flow of matches.
Highest Career Strike Rates (ODI & T20)
When we look at the Asia Cup History as a whole, a lot of batsmen kept their strike rate high.
ODI Career (minimum 100 runs):
- Shahid Afridi – 140.74
- Suresh Raina – 113.95
- Virender Sehwag – 113.87
T20 Career (minimum 200 runs):
- Babar Hayat (Hong Kong) – 146.87
- Rohit Sharma – 141.14
- Virat Kohli – 132.00
These names show both power-hitters and classic players who can score quickly.
The Asia Cup has seen many explosive batters. Afridi and Nabi gave the best ODI knocks, while player like Rain, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli kept their strike rates high during all the Asia Cup tournaments. In T20s, Suryakumar Yadav, Babar Azam, Rohit Sharma, Mahmudullah, and Zadran entertained fans with explosive innings.
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