Asia Cup 2018: 4 players who can be top run-scorers of the tournament

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#1 Rohit Sharma

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Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma is India's captain in the Asia Cup and he will be looking forward to leading Team India with his extraordinary batting. Rohit is an essential player for Team India in the limited overs cricket and he led India several times in the absence of regular skipper Virat Kohli. He led India in the Nidahas Trophy and India won the tri-series tournament.

His batting record is remarkable in the ODI cricket. Rohit has scored three double centuries in the ODI format which is most by any batsman. He scored 264 runs against Sri Lanka which is the highest individual score in ODI cricket. Therefore, it will be interesting to see if he can score another double century in the Asia Cup.

The 'Hitman' has 6730 ODI runs in 181 matches at an average of 45. In addition, he has 18 centuries and 34 half-centuries in the ODI.

His batting form was noteworthy in England recently and he played some big knocks. Therefore, if India are determined to defend their title successfully, then Rohit needs to score plenty of runs in the Asia Cup.

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