Dasun Shanaka came out to bat at No. 5 for Sri Lanka on Saturday, September 20, against Bangladesh in Dubai and remained unbeaten on 64 runs from 37 balls. During his stay at the crease in the ongoing Super 4s match, he hammered three fours and six sixes and added 57 runs for the fifth wicket with Charith Asalanka (21) to help Sri Lanka post a total of 168/7 in 20 overs.
The six sixes on Saturday helped Shanaka become the first Sri Lankan batter to hit half a dozen sixes in an Asia Cup T20I match. A total of six more batters have smacked six or more sixes in an Asia Cup T20I match before Shanaka.
Most sixes in an innings of a Asia Cup T20I match
| BATTER | COUNTRY | RUNS | BALLS | SIXES | AGAINST | VENUE | DATE |
| Babar Hayat | Hong Kong | 122 | 60 | 7 | Oman | Fatullah | February 19, 2016 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | India | 68 | 26 | 6 | Hong Kong | Dubai | August 31, 2022 |
| Najibullah Zadran | Afghanistan | 43 | 17 | 6 | Bangladesh | Sharjah | August 30, 2022 |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Afghanistan | 84 | 45 | 6 | Sri Lanka | Sharjah | September 3, 2022 |
| Virat Kohli | India | 122 | 61 | 6 | Afghanistan | Dubai | September 8, 2022 |
| Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | 60 | 22 | 6 | Sri Lanka | Abu Dhabi | September 18, 2025 |
| Dasun Shanaka | Sri Lanka | 64* | 37 | 6 | Bangladesh | Dubai | September 20, 2025 |
The six sixes on Saturday also helped Shanaka equal Sanath Jayasuriya’s record of hitting the most sixes in an Asia
Cup match (ODIs and T20Is combined) for Sri Lanka. During his 130-run knock against Bangladesh in Karachi on June 30, 2008, Jayasuriya hammered six sixes.
Most sixes in Asia Cup match for Sri Lanka
| BATTER | RUNS | BALLS | SIXES | AGAINST | FORMAT | VENUE | DATE |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 130 | 66 | 6 | Bangladesh | ODI | Karachi | June 30, 2008 |
| Dasun Shanaka | 64* | 37 | 6 | Bangladesh | T20I | Dubai | September 20, 2025 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 125 | 114 | 5 | India | ODI | Karachi | July 6, 2008 |
In T20Is, only one batter – Kusal Perera – has managed to hit more than six sixes in an innings for Sri Lanka. During his 77-run knock from 37 balls against India in Indore on December 22, 2017, he smacked 7 sixes.
Most sixes in an innings of a T20I match for Sri Lanka
| PLAYER | RUNS | BALLS | SIXES | AGAINST | VENUE | DATE |
| Kusal Perera | 77 | 37 | 7 | India | Indore | December 22, 2017 |
| Kusal Mendis | 86 | 55 | 6 | Bangladesh | Sylhet | March 9, 2024 |
| Isuru Udana | 84* | 48 | 6 | South Africa | Centurion | March 22, 2019 |
| Bhanuka Rajapaksa | 77 | 48 | 6 | Pakistan | Lahore | October 7, 2019 |
| Charith Asalanka | 67 | 41 | 6 | New Zealand | Auckland | April 2, 2023 |
| Dasun Shanaka | 64* | 37 | 6 | Bangladesh | Dubai | September 20, 2025 |
| Thisara Perera | 57 | 31 | 6 | England | Colombo (RPS) | October 27, 2018 |
| Dasun Shanaka | 56* | 22 | 6 | India | Pune | January 5, 2023 |
Sri Lanka have won all three matches played so far in the Asia Cup 2025, and they would like to maintain their perfect win record on Saturday.
