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IND vs SL Asia Cup 2025 Super 4: The world No.1 T20I batter Ahishek Sharma had scored a gritty knock of 61 runs off 31 balls, whereas Tilak Varma also scored a brilliant knock of 49 runs off 34 balls and helped the team post a mammoth target of 202 runs during the Asia Cup 2025 Super 4 match against Sri Lanka. By posting this target, the Men in Blue had become the first team to score more than 200 runs in this tournament.

Ahead of this match, the highest target in this season was 188 runs. During the first match, the Rashid Khan-led side had posted a target of 188 runs against Hong Kong in Abu Dhabi, and then against Oman, the Suryakumar Yadav-led side had posted a target of 188 runs.

Highest totals in the Asia Cup 2025

TEAM TOTAL OVERS AGAINST VENUE DATE
India 202/5 20 Sri Lanka Dubai September 26
Afghanistan 188/6 20 Hong Kong Abu Dhabi September 9
India 188/8 20 Oman Abu Dhabi September 19
India 174/4 18.5 Pakistan Dubai September 21
UAE 172/5 20 Oman Abu Dhabi September 15

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In the tournament's history of the shortest format, the teams have posted a target of more than 200 runs only twice, and it was none other than the Indian team.

The Men in Blue posted the mammoth target of 212 in this format of the tournament against Afghanistan way back in 2022.

Highest totals in Asia Cup T20Is

TEAM TOTAL OVERS AGAINST VENUE DATE
India 212/2 20 Afghanistan Dubai September 8, 2022
India 202/5 20 Sri Lanka Dubai September 26, 2022
Pakistan 193/2 20 Hong Kong Sharjah September 2, 2022
India 192/2 20 Hong Kong Dubai August 31, 2022
Afghanistan 188/6 20 Hong Kong Abu Dhabi September 9, 2025
India 188/8 20 Oman Abu Dhabi September 19, 2025
Sri Lanka 184/8 19.2 Bangladesh Dubai September 1, 2022
Bangladesh 183/7 20 Sri Lanka Dubai September 1, 2022
Pakistan 182/5 19.5 India Dubai September 4, 2022
India 181/7 20 Pakistan Dubai September 4, 2022

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During that match, India's star batter Virat Kohli played as an opener and scored an unbeaten knock of 122 runs off 61 balls. Besides him, KL Rahul too smashed a fifty, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar had taken a five-wicket haul in the 4 overs that he bowled.

Highest totals by Team India in Asia Cup T20Is

TOTAL OVERS AGAINST VENUE DATE
212/2 20 Afghanistan Dubai September 8, 2022
202/5 20 Sri Lanka Dubai September 26, 2025
192/2 20 Hong Kong Dubai August 31, 2022
188/8 20 Oman Abu Dhabi September 19, 2025
181/7 20 Pakistan Dubai September 4, 2022
174/4 18.5 Pakistan Dubai September 21, 2025
173/8 20 Sri Lanka Dubai September 6, 2022
168/6 20 Bangladesh Dubai September 24, 2025
166/6 20 Bangladesh Mirpur February 24, 2016
148/5 19.4 Pakistan Dubai August 28, 2022

Sri Lankan bowlers Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dasun Shanaka, and Charith Asalanka took one wicket apiece.