Virat Kohli Perhaps one of the greatest batters of all time, especially in today’s cricket. He also has a surreal record in the T20 Asia Cup. The Delhi seizure played the 2016 and 2022 editions of the tournament. In both editions he had put the run scor cards for the men in blue at the top.
The 36-year-old announced his retirement of T20i Cricket in June 2024, a shocking decision that came immediately after he had helped India to win the T20 World Cup, his only ICC trophy in the shortest format of the game. Despite the retirement, Kohli had an excellent season in the Indian Premier League this year, so Royal Challengers Bengaluru helped their first title.
Here is a look at some T20 Asia Cup records that Kohli could have breaked if he had played the current edition of the tournament.
The missed records of Virat Kohli in Asia Cup 2025 because of T20i pension
Most 50-plus scores in T20 Asia Cups
Virat Kohli had the joint number of half-centures (3) in T20 Asia Cups on the way to the tournament. He was tied up with the ODI captain Mohammad Rizwan from Pakistan. Sri Lankan open Pathum Nissanka, however, passed Kohli’s count after scoring half -centra in the first two games of his team in Asia Cup 2025.
Nissanka registered scores of 50 (34) and 68 (44) in the matches against Bangladesh and Hong Kong, respectively. He now has four half centuries in T20 Asia Cups. The New Delhi born would have had a big chance to hold the record of the most years in the tournament if he was part of the 15-person team for the Suryakumar Yadav-conducted side.
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