2016 Asia Cup
The 2016 Asia Cup was a Twenty20 International 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.
Along with Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, 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.
India beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the final to win their sixth Asia Cup title and were unbeaten throughout the tournament.
Teams
Squads
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
After the Asian Cricket Council was downsized by the International Cricket Council in April 2015, it was announced that upcoming Asia Cup events will be played on rotation basis in One Day International and Twenty20 International 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.Mirpur, Dhaka |
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium |
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Capacity: 25,416 |
Group stage
Standings
Team | Net run rate| | ||||||
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +2.020 | |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.458 | |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.296 | |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –0.293 | |
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.813 |
Advance to [|Final]
Matches
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