Asia Cup is an ODI and T20I tournament played between the members of Asian Cricket Council. The first edition of Asia Cup was held in 1984 in Sharjah and since then, 13 editions have been played and the latest, 14th edition will be played in UAE in ODI format from 15 September to 28 September.
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Hong Kong are taking part in it. First 12 editions were played in ODI format and the 13th edition was played in the T20I format in 2016.
India with 6 titles (5 in ODI format and 1 in T20I) is the most successful team. Sri Lanka also has won this tournament 5 times while Pakistan won only twice. And here is a look at Asia Cup history in numbers.
All the major stats and numbers you need to know about Asia Cup history :
1. Result Summary -
| Year | Host | Winner | Runner-up |
| 1984 | UAE | India | Sri Lanka |
| 1986 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | Pakistan |
| 1988 | Bangladesh | India | Sri Lanka |
| 1990-91 | India | India | Sri Lanka |
| 1995 | UAE | India | Sri Lanka |
| 1997 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | India |
| 2000 | Bangladesh | Pakistan | Sri Lanka |
| 2004 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | India |
| 2008 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | India |
| 2010 | Sri Lanka | India | Sri Lanka |
| 2012 | Bangladesh | Pakistan | Bangladesh |
| 2014 | Bangladesh | Sri Lanka | Pakistan |
| 2016 | Bangladesh | India | Bangladesh |
* First 12 editions were played in ODI format while 13th and last edition was played in T20I format in 2016.
2. Most titles -
India - 6 (5 in ODI format + 1 in T20I format)
Sri Lanka - 5
Pakistan - 2
3. Team records (ODI format) -
| Team | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR |
| India | 43 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 48 | 34 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Pakistan | 40 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| Bangladesh | 37 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| UAE | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
4. Highest totals -
Pakistan - 385/7 vs Bangladesh at Dambulla, 2010
India - 374/4 vs Hong Kong at Karachi, 2008
Sri Lanka - 357/9 vs Bangladesh at Lahore, 2008
Pakistan - 343/5 vs Hong Kong at Colombo, 2004
5. Lowest totals -
Bangladesh - 87 vs Pakistan at Dhaka, 2000
Bangladesh - 94 vs Pakistan at Moratuwa, 1986
Sri Lanka - 96 vs India at Sharjah, 1984
Bangladesh - 99/8 vs India at Chittagong, 1988
Batting records :
1. Most runs -
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Avg | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | SL | 25 | 24 | 1220 | 53.04 | 102.52 | 130 | 6 | 3 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | SL | 24 | 23 | 1075 | 48.86 | 84.51 | 121 | 4 | 8 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | IND | 23 | 21 | 971 | 51.10 | 85.47 | 114 | 2 | 7 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | SL | 19 | 19 | 741 | 57.00 | 82.79 | 131* | 1 | 6 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | SL | 28 | 26 | 674 | 29.30 | 87.64 | 78 | 0 | 7 |
| Aravinda de Silva | SL | 24 | 22 | 645 | 32.25 | 83.44 | 96* | 0 | 4 |
| Marvan Atapattu | SL | 13 | 12 | 642 | 64.20 | 71.09 | 100 | 1 | 6 |
| Virat Kohli | IND | 11 | 10 | 613 | 61.30 | 97.14 | 183 | 3 | 1 |
| Inzamam ul Haq | PAK | 15 | 13 | 591 | 59.10 | 89.27 | 88 | 0 | 6 |
2. Most hundreds -
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) - 6
Kumar Sangakkara (SL) - 4
Virat Kohli (IND) - 3
Shoaib Malik (PAK) - 3
3. Highest individual scores -
183 - Virat Kohli vs Pakistan at Dhaka, 2012
144 - Younis Khan vs Hong Kong at Colombo, 2004
143 - Shoaib Malik vs Hong Kong at Colombo, 2004
136 - Virat Kohli vs Bangladesh at Fatullah, 2014
135* - Sourav Ganguly vs Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2000
4. Highest batting average (Min 500 runs) -
MS Dhoni - 95.16
Navjot Sidhu - 66.25
Marvan Atapattu - 64.20
Shoaib Malik - 63.88
Virat Kohli - 61.30
Bowling records :
1. Most wickets -
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Avg | BBI | SR | Eco | 5w |
| M Muralitharan | SL | 24 | 24 | 30 | 28.83 | 5/31 | 46.0 | 3.75 | 1 |
| A Mendis | SL | 8 | 8 | 26 | 10.42 | 6/13 | 15.6 | 3.98 | 2 |
| Saeed Ajmal | PAK | 12 | 12 | 25 | 19.40 | 3/26 | 27.6 | 4.21 | 0 |
| L Malinga | SL | 12 | 12 | 24 | 21.12 | 5/34 | 27.0 | 4.68 | 3 |
| Chaminda Vaas | SL | 19 | 19 | 23 | 27.78 | 3/30 | 39.7 | 4.19 | 0 |
| Irfan Pathan | IND | 12 | 12 | 22 | 27.50 | 4/32 | 29.7 | 5.54 | 0 |
| S Jayasuriya | SL | 25 | 21 | 22 | 30.31 | 4/49 | 40.5 | 4.48 | 0 |
| Abdur Razzak | BAN | 18 | 18 | 22 | 36.18 | 3/17 | 46.4 | 4.67 | 0 |
| Abdul Qadir | PAK | 8 | 8 | 17 | 14.76 | 3/15 | 24.4 | 3.62 | 0 |
| S Tendulkar | IND | 23 | 15 | 17 | 21.41 | 3/21 | 26.9 | 4.76 | 0 |
2. Best bowling figures in an innings -
6/13 - Ajantha Mendi (SL) vs IND at Karachi, 2008
5/19 - Aaqib Javed (PAK) vs IND at Shrajah, 1995
5/21 - Arshad Ayub (IND) vs PAK at Dhaka, 1988
5/22 - Ajantha Mendis (SL) vs UAE at Lahore, 2008
3. Best bowling average (Min 15 wkts) -
Ajantha Mendis (SL) - 10.42
Kapil Dev (IND) - 13.00
Abdul Qadir (PAK) - 14.76
Wasim Akram (PAK) - 18.56
Saeed Ajmal (PAK) - 19.40
4. Most five wickets haul -
Lasith Malinga (SL) - 3
Ajantha Mendis (SL) - 2
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK) / Aaqib Javed (PAK) / Sohail Tanvir (PAK) - 1
Arshad Ayub (IND) / Farveez Maharoof (SL) / M Muralitharan (SL) - 1
