Asian Cricket Council(ACC)Asia Cup is a men's one-day international and twenty-twenty international cricket tournament. It was established in 1983 when the Asian Cricket Council was launched to foster goodwill among Asian nations. The Asia Cup is the only cricket continental championship. The ODI and T20 formats are switched off every two years. Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan are the five approved teams that play the Asia Cup. The Bangladesh Cricket Team was runner-up in the 2012 and 2018 Asia Cup ODI tournaments and the 2016 Asia Cup T20I tournament. It leaves little doubt regarding the capabilities of the players in their team. Let us now look at the top 10 players from Bangladesh who have hit the most sixes in Asia Cup.
1. Tamim Iqbal
Tamim Iqbal is a left hand opening batsman. He made his debut in the Asia Cup in 2008 and has played till 2018. During this time, he played 13 games and scored 519 runs in 13 innings with a strike rate of 81.34 and an average of 43.25 with six fifties.
2. Mohammad Mushfiqur Rahim
Mohammad Mushfiqur Rahim is a right-hand wicketkeeper-batsman from Bangladesh who played in the Asia Cup from 2008 to 2018. He has played 21 games and has scored 699 runs with an average of 36.78 and a strike rate of 84.52 with two hundred and two fifties.
3. Mohammad Javed Omar Belim
Mohammad Javed Omar Belim is a right-hand opening batsman. He played seven games from 2010 to 2018 in the Asia Cup and scored 250 runs with an average of 41.66 and a strike rate of 55.92 with three fifty-plus scores.
4. Imrul Kayes
Imrul Kayes is a left-hand opening batsman from Bangladesh. He is playing in the Asia Cup since 2010 and has played till 2018. Kayes scored 248 runs in seven games with an average of 41.33 and a strike rate of 72.94 with three fifty-plus scores.
5. Shakib Al Hasan
Shakib Al Hasan is a Bangladeshi allrounder. Hasan played his first game in the Asia Cup in 2010 and has scored 402 runs in 13 games with an average of 33.50 and a strike rate of 103.07 with three fifties.
6. Athar Ali Khan
Athar Ali Khan is a right-hand batsman who played in Bangladesh from 1988 to 1997. He scored 368 runs in 11 games with an average of 36.80 and a strike rate of 57.41 with the help of two fifties.
7. Mohammad Akram Hussain Khan
Mohammad Akram Hussain Khan is a right-hand middle-order batsman. He played from 1988 to 2000 and scored 345 runs in 13 games with an average of 28.75 and a strike rate of 63.30. He has scored two fifties.
8. Mohammad Anamul Haque Bijoy
Mohammad Anamul Haque Bijoy is a right-hand wicketkeeper-batsman. He made his debut in 2012. He played in the Asia Cup for one season in 2014 and played four games and scored 227 runs with an average of 56.75 and a strike rate of 68.16 with the help of one century and one-half century.
9. Mohammad Ashraful
Mohammad Ashraful is a right-hand middle-order batsman. He played for Bangladesh in the Asia Cup from 2004 to 2010 and played 12 games and scored 316 runs with an average of 26.33 and a strike rate of 62.69 with one century and one fifty.
10. Mohammad Mithun
Mohammad Mithun is a right-hand top-order wicketkeeper-batsman who played in the 2018 season of the Asia Cup 50 overs format. He scored 137 runs in six games with an average of 22.83 and a strike rate of 74.45 in two fifties.
