India’s star batsman Virat Kohli holds the record for the largest individual innings in the history of the Asia Cup. After King Kohli, the names of Babar Azam, Younis Khan, Mushfiqur Rahim and Shoaib Malik come in the top-5.
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The 16th season of Asia Cup has started. The first match of the prestigious tournament was played on August 30 in Multan. In this exciting match, Pakistan team managed to win against Nepal by a huge margin of 238 runs. (AFP)
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Green team captain Babar Azam’s bat was very good during the match. He played a brilliant innings of 151 runs while batting at number three for his team. With this, he became the second batsman to play the highest individual innings in the Asia Cup. (AP)
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Talking about the five batsmen who played the biggest individual innings in the history of Asia Cup, Indian star batsman Virat Kohli’s name comes first. (Virat Kohli/Instagram)
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Kohli has played the highest innings of 183 runs in this prestigious tournament. The special thing is that this brilliant inning came against Pakistan with the bat of Kohli. In the year 2012, he took a lot of notice of the Pakistani bowlers who were batting brilliantly. (AP)
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Pakistan’s current captain Babar Azam has come second. In the first match of the current season, Babar batted strongly against Nepal. During this he managed to score 151 runs in 131 balls. (Babar Azam/Instagram)
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Younis Khan, a former cricketer of the Pakistan cricket team, is at the third position. In the year 2004, he scored 144 runs against the Hong Kong cricket team. (Younis Khan/Twitter)
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The player who played the fourth highest innings in the Asia Cup is Mushfiqur Rahim, the current wicket keeper batsman of the Bangladesh cricket team. Rahim played an innings of 144 runs in the match against Sri Lanka in the year 2018. (MushfiqurOfficial/Instagram)
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Pakistan’s veteran batsman Shoaib Malik is at the fifth position. Malik played a commendable innings of 143 runs against India in the year 2004. (AP)