Virat Kohli: This time Asia Cup is starting from 9th September.
Virat Kohli: The much-awaited upcoming season of Asia Cup 2025 is going to start from 9th September in UAE. This time the tournament is being played in T20 format keeping in mind the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. Earlier, Asia Cup was played twice in T20 format in the year 2016 and 2022.
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Virat Kohli: Well, former captain and legendary batsman of Indian cricket team Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni played together for Team India in many Asia Cup matches and performed brilliantly. So, today in this news we are going to tell you about who is better in Asia Cup between Dhoni and Kohli before the upcoming Asia Cup.
Let us tell you that Dhoni last participated in the Asia Cup in 2016, while Kohli was seen playing in the 2022 Asia Cup. However, Dhoni retired from cricket in 2020, so Kohli is now active only in the ODI format.
Virat Kohli or MS Dhoni, who has scored the most runs in the Asia Cup and what is the average of both?
It is worth noting that Kohli has participated in 10 matches of the T20 Asia Cup. During this, Kohli has scored a total of 429 runs at an average of 85.80. Kohli scored 153 runs in four innings played in the 2016 Asia Cup, while in the 2022 Asia Cup, he scored a total of 276 runs in five innings at an average of 92.
On the other hand, Dhoni has played a total of five matches in the T20 format of the Asia Cup, in which he scored only 42 runs in four innings. Dhoni scored these runs in the year 2016, and during this time he remained not-out all four times.
Virat Kohli or MS Dhoni, whose strike rate is better in the Asia Cup?
Let us tell you that Virat Kohli has scored at a strike rate of 132 in 10 matches played in the Asia Cup, in which Kohli scored at a strike rate of 110.86 in the year 2016, while in the 2016 Asia Cup, Kohli scored at a strike rate of 147.59.
On the other hand, Dhoni scored only 42 runs in four innings played in the Asia Cup, but Dhoni scored these runs at a strike rate of 280.
Virat Kohli or MS Dhoni, who has the most 50+ scores in Asia Cup?
It is worth noting that in the T20 format of Asia Cup, Virat Kohli has scored 50+ scores a total of four times, which includes one century and three half-centuries. Kohli’s bat saw an amazing innings of 122* runs in 61 balls against Afghanistan in the 2022 Asia Cup.
Since Dhoni has scored only 42 runs in four matches played in the Asia Cup T20 format, he has not been able to score 50+ runs even once in the Asia Cup.
From the above statistics, you can easily understand that Virat Kohli’s statistics in Asia Cup T20 format are better than MS Dhoni.
