Which Team Has Won The Asia Cup Most Times

Which Team Has Won The Asia Cup Most Times: The upcoming Asia Cup 2025 is going to mark a watershed moment in the tournament’s history because some of the legendary names of cricket—Virat Kohli, Babar Azam, Mohammed Rizwan, and Rohit Sharma—will not be part of the tournament; after a long time, India and Pakistan will take the field in a major competition without their batting greats.

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Which Team Has Won The Asia Cup Most Times?How many times India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka have won the Asia Cup?

While Babar and Rizwan have been dropped from Pakistan’s T20I side, Kohli and Rohit retired from T20I last year after winning the T20 World Cup. Both have previously helped India win the Asia Cup multiple times over the past decade across ODI and T20I formats.

The Asia Cup 2025 will be played in T20I format in Dubai. India are the defending champions, having won the previous edition, which was in the ODI format in 2023.

The last T20I edition of the Asia Cup was played in 2022, also in the UAE, where Sri Lanka won by beating Pakistan in the final.

In this piece, we will look at some historical team stats around the Asia Cup.

The first-ever Asia Cup was played in 1984 in the UAE. It was a three-team tournament involving India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. India won the inaugural Asia Cup in 1984.

The first-ever T20I Asia Cup was played in 2016 in Bangladesh, which was won by India, as they beat hosts Bangladesh in the final.

Which Team Has Won The Asia Cup Most Times?

India have won the most number of Asia Cup titles—eight times. Behind India are Sri Lanka with six Asia Cup trophies, and Pakistan have won two Asia Cups.

No other team apart from India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan have lifted the Asia Cup. Bangladesh have reached the final thrice but lost it all three times.