This time Asian Cricket Council (ACC) decides to change the format for more fun and entertainment, this will help all Asian cricket teams which Includes Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, UAE.
On this page you will find out every slight change during Asia Cup 2016 with the passage of time. Bangladesh and India hosting this event very efficiently and no one cam point a finger on their credibility.
Few countries disqualify from this tournament because of less points, in which Afghanistan on top because no one considering this would happen, you can see UAE in list.
“Pakistan raised the point that Bangladesh ought to have one year from now’s Asia Cup and everybody concurred,” Hassan was cited as saying by ESPNCricinfo.”Four Test countries will get direct section while one Associate country will get through the qualifying competition. We likewise talked about whether there can be more cricket at the Under-19 level between the Asian nations.”
Schedule ............. Squads/Players List .............. Points Table
Asia Cup 2016 Schedule:
Dates: 24 Feb 2016 to 6th March 2016Host- Bangladesh
Teams: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, UAE
| No. | Date | Match | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 Feb 2016 | India vs Bangladesh | 19:00 IST |
| 2 | 25 Feb | Sri Lanka vs UAE | 19:00 IST |
| 3 | 26 Feb | Bangladesh vs UAE | 19:00 IST |
| 4 | 27 Feb | India vs Pakistan | 19:00 IST |
| 5 | 28 Feb | Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka | 19:00 IST |
| 6 | 29 Feb | Pakistan vs UAE | 19:00 IST |
| 7 | 1 March | India vs Sri Lanka | 19:00 IST |
| 8 | 2 March | Pakistan vs Bangaldesh | 19:00 IST |
| 9 | 3 March | India vs UAE | 19:00 IST |
| 10 | 4 March | Pakistan vs Sri Lanka | 19:00 IST |
| 11 | 5 March | Asia Cup Final | 19:00 IST |
Asia Cup T20 Qualifier scheduled to be played February:
The 4 teams will take part in Qualifier round for Asia cup 2016 which will be held in Bangladesh. Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Oman and UAE will battle for the 5th team to play in regular Asia cup t20 2016 from 24th Feb to 6 March. The Qualifiers will include a single round robin format in which all teams play matches against each other and team who tops the out of 4 teams will join full member teams. If two teams have same points, then the net run rate is calculated.Afghanistan, Hong Kong, and Oman have all qualified for 2016 World T20 in March in India.
This is the 3rd time when Bangladesh will host the Asia Cup continuously. World T20 2016 will also be started after the 5 days of Final of Asia cup 2016 on 6th march. The Asian body will, however, host the Asia Cup with editions scheduled for 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022.
Asia Cup will alternate between ODI and T20 formats:
Asia cup is switched to t20 format due to the t20 world cup 2016 just after 7 days of it. In 2018, it will again be played in 50 over format as in 2019 Cricket world cup to be played in England and revert to T20 format as in 2020 Australia will host the T20 World Cup.Asia Cup T20 2016 – Schedule & Dates:
2016 Twenty20 Asia Cup Cricket will be hosted by Bangladesh for the 3rd time in a row from 24th February 2016 to 06 march 2016 but the venues and the match will be announced in January 2016.
Asia Cup 2016 Full Squads:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c & wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra, Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, Harbhajan Singh, Mohammed Shami, Pawan Negi.
Pakistan: Shahid Afridi (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Immad Wasim, Anwer Ali, Babar Azam, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Aamir, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Irfan, Rumman Raees, Wahab Riaz, Khurram Manzoor.
Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza (C), Shakib Al Hasan, Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Mithun, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim (wicketkeeper), Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Arafat Sunny, Abu Hider, Nurul Hasan.
Sri Lanka: Lasith Malinga (capt), Angelo Mathews (vice-capt), Dinesh Chandimal, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Niroshan Dickwella, Shehan Jayasuriya, Milinda Siriwardana, Dasun Shanaka, Chamara Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dushmantha Chameera, Thisara Perera, Sachithra Senanayake, Rangana Herath, Jeffrey Vandersay
United Arab Emirates: Amjad Javed (C), Mohammad Kaleem, Rohan Mustafa, Shaiman Anwar, Mohammad Shahzad, Swapnil Patil (vice-captain and wicketkeeper), Usman Mushtaq, Ahmed Raza, Zaheer Maqsood, Mohammad Naveed, Farhan Ahmed, Qadeer Ahmed, Mohammad Usman, Fahad Tariq, Saqlain Haider.
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