Asia Cup Indo-Pak. Shoaib Malik's highest runs in matches, Rohit Sharma has a chance to break the record

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Asia Cup 2023 is going to start from tomorrow. This is the 16th edition of the tournament. This time Pakistan is hosting the Asia Cup. Apart from Pakistan, the tournament will also be held in Sri Lanka under the hybrid model. The Indian team will play all its matches in Sri Lanka. India will start its campaign from September 2. Team India will face Pakistan in the first match. The Asia Cup was played for the first time in 1984. The first edition of the tournament was held in the UAE. Then India became the champion. India is the most successful team in the Asia Cup. India has won the Asia Cup title seven times so far. Sri Lanka have captured the trophy six times. While Pakistan managed to become the Asia Cup champion only twice. Let us tell you about the 9 players who scored the most runs in the India-Pakistan Asia Cup match.

Rohit will surpass Shoaib as soon as he scores 26 runs

Players from both the countries are included in the list of top-9 players who scored the most runs in the India-Pakistan Asia Cup match. Former Pakistan captain and veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik tops this list. He has scored a total of 432 runs. He is followed by Indian captain and 'Hitman' Rohit Sharma, who has scored 407 runs so far. As soon as Rohit scores 26 runs in the next tournament, he will surpass Shoaib and reach the top.

Virat Kohli is third in the list

Indian cricket team's star batsman Virat Kohli is at the third number in this list. He has scored 350 runs against Pakistan. Pakistani cricketer Younus Khan (238) is fourth, Mohammad Hafeez (184) fifth and Mohammad Yusuf (180) sixth. India's former explosive opener Virender Sehwag is seventh with 179 runs while Shikhar Dhawan is eighth with 179 runs. Apart from this, the former captain of the Indian team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, is at the ninth position. He has scored 169 runs against Pakistan.