The Pakistan Cricket Team won the Asia Cup Championship the 2000 and 2012. Its recent edition, Asia Cup 2022, will be played in T20 format from August 27 to September 11 in Sri Lanka, according to the Asian Cricket Council Asia Cup. After its debut edition in 2016, which India won, this is the second edition in which the Asia Cup will be played in T20 format. Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka will take up five of the six available spots in this Asia Cup, leaving four teams to compete for the sixth spot. Singapore and Hong Kong from the Eastern region and UAE and Kuwait from the Western zone will compete for a spot in the event. Here are the top ten players in the Pakistan Cricket Team who have played most matches in the Asia Cup.
1. Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi is a right-hand allrounder. He played 23 games from 1997 to 2014 and has an average of 35.46 in 21 innings and scored 532 runs with a strike rate of 140.74 with two hundred and one fifty scores and took 14 wickets in 22 innings with an economy of 4.96 and an average of 63.07.
2. Shoaib Malik
Shoaib Malik is an experienced Pakistani all rounder and the top scorer for Pakistan in the Asia Cup. He has scored 786 runs in the Asia Cup in 17 games from 2000 to 2018 with an average of 65.50 and a strike rate of 90.65 with three hundred and three fifties and took 12 wickets in 17 games, bowling in 16 innings with an average of 32.16, and an economy of 4.25 with one four-wicket haul.
3. Inzamam-Ul-Haq
Inzamam-ul-Haq is a retired right-hand top-order batsman. He made his debut in the Asia Cup in 1995 and played 15 games till 2004 and scored 591 runs with an average of 59.10 and a strike rate of 89.27 with six fifties.
4. Misbah-Ul-Haq Khan Niazi
Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi is a right hand middle order batsman. Haq scored 419 runs in 14 games playing from 2008 to 2014 with an average of 46.55 and a strike rate of 85.51 with five fifties.
5. Mohammad Yusuf
Mohammad Yusuf is a right-hand batsman. He played from 2000 to 2008. Yusuf scored 490 runs in 14 games with an average of 54.44 and a strike rate of 76.80 with one hundred and two fifty-plus scores.
6. Mohammad Moin Khan
Mohammad Moin Khan is a right-hand wicketkeeper batsman. Moin played 14 games from 1995 to 2004 and scored 174 runs with an average of 34.80 and a strike rate of 100.57 with one fifty.
7. Mohammad Younis Khan
Mohammad Younis Khan is a right-hand middle-order batsman. He made his debut in Asia Cup in 2004 and played 14 games and scored 546 runs with an average of 49.63 with a strike rate of 100.55. Khan scored two hundred and three fifties.
8. Sarfaraz Ahmed
Sarfaraz Ahmed is a right-hand wicketkeeper-batsman who made his international debut in 2007. He has played 13 games from 2008 to 2018 and scored 159 runs in eight innings with an average of 26.50 and a strike rate of 71.30.
9. Saeed Ajmal
Saeed Ajmal is a right-arm off-break bowler who made his international debut in 2008. He played 12 games in the Asia Cup from 2008 to 2014 and took 25 wickets with an average of 19.40 and an economy of 4.21.
10. Umar Akmal
Umar Akmal is a right-hand wicketkeeper middle order batsman. He scored 510 runs from 2010 to 2014. Akmal played 12 games with an average of 51.00 and a strike rate of 99.41 with one hundred and four fifties.
