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Cricket format
  
Twenty20 International

Host(s)
  
Bangladesh

Runner Up
  
Bangladesh

Dates
  
24 Feb 2016 – 6 Mar 2016

Location
  
Bangladesh

Matches played
  
11

Tournament format(s)
  
Round-robin

Champions
  
India (6th title)

Participants
  
5

Player of the series
  
Sabbir Rahman

Administrator
  
Asian Cricket Council

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Champion
  
India national cricket team

Similar
  
2015 Cricket World Cup, 2011 Cricket World Cup, 2016 Under‑19 Cricket W, 2007 Cricket World Cup, 2014 ICC World Twenty20

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The 2016 Asia Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that was held in Bangladesh from 24 February to 6 March 2016. It was the 13th edition of the Asia Cup, the fifth to be held in Bangladesh, and the first to be played using the T20I format. Bangladesh hosted the tournament for the third consecutive time after 2012 and 2014. Micromax was the main sponsor of the tournament after 2012.

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Along with Bangladesh (the host) and Sri Lanka (the defending champions from the 2014 event), the tournament included India, Pakistan, and ICC associate member the United Arab Emirates, who qualified from a qualifier played from 19 to 22 February 2016.

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India beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the final to win their sixth Asia Cup title.

Teams

  •  Bangladesh
  •  India
  •  Pakistan
  •  Sri Lanka
  •  United Arab Emirates (Qualifier)
  • Squads

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    Bhuvneshwar Kumar was added to India's squad as a replacement for Mohammed Shami after Shami failed to fully recover from a hamstring injury. Parthiv Patel was added to India's squad as a back-up for MS Dhoni, who suffered a muscle spasm. Mohammad Sami and Sharjeel Khan were added to Pakistan's squad after injuries to Babar Azam and Rumman Raees and following their performances in 2016 Pakistan Super League. Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman was injured during their match against Sri Lanka and was replaced for the rest of the tournament by Tamim Iqbal.

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    Lasith Malinga was named as Sri Lanka's captain for the tournament, but he only played in their first match. Angelo Mathews captained the side in their second and third matches while Dinesh Chandimal stood as captain in their final match.

    Background

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    After the Asian Cricket Council was downsized by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in April 2015, it was announced that upcoming Asia Cup events will be played on rotation basis in One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) format based on respective next world events under the ICC. This means that the 2016 and 2020 events will be played using the T20I format, ahead of the 2016 and 2020 World Twenty20s, and the 2018 and 2022 events will be played in ODI format, ahead of the 2019 and 2023 World Cups respectively.

    Venue

    All eleven matches of the tournament were played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka.

    Points table

         Advance to Final

    2016 Asia Cup Match Preview Bangladesh v India Asia Cup 2016 final Mirpur

    References

    2016 Asia Cup Wikipedia