Ahead of the World Twenty 20 Cup in March-April 2016, Bangladesh will host Asia Cup 2016 starting from 24 February and ending on March 6, 2016. The Asia Cup 2016 will see defending Champions Sri Lanka play against India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and one one ICC associate member which will be decided via qualifier matches scheduled to be played from 19 February 2016 to 22 February 2016.
ASIA CUP 2016 TEAMS
Qualified Teams : India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
Qualifier Teams (Only 1 Team will Qualify) : United Arab Emirates, Oman, Hong Kong and Afghanistan. (UAE QUALIFIED).
ASIA CUP 2016 T20 Schedule
| Date | Match And Results |
Venue | Time |
| Feb 24, Wednesday | India vs Bangladesh, 1st T20 (INDIA WON) | Mirpur, Dhaka | 7.00 PM India Time
|
| Feb 25, Thursday |
Sri Lanka vs UAE, 2nd T20
(Sri Lanka WON) |
Mirpur, Dhaka | 7.00 PM India Time |
| Feb 26, Friday |
Bangladesh vs UAE, 3rd T20
(Bangladesh WON) |
Mirpur, Dhaka | 7.00 PM India Time |
| Feb 27, Saturday |
India vs Pakistan, 4th T20
(INDIA WON) |
Mirpur, Dhaka | 7.00 PM India Time |
| Feb 28, Sunday | Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 5th T20
(Bangladesh WON) |
Mirpur, Dhaka | 7.00 PM India Time |
| Feb 29, Monday | Pakistan vs UAE, 6th T20
(Pakistan WON) |
Mirpur, Dhaka | 7.00 PM India Time |
| Mar 1, Tuesday | India vs Sri Lanka, 7th T20
(India Won) |
Mirpur, Dhaka | 7.00 PM India Time |
| Mar 2, Wednesday |
Bangladesh vs Pakistan, 8th T20
(Bangladesh Won) |
Mirpur, Dhaka | 7.00 PM India Time |
| Mar 3, Thursday | India vs UAE, 9th T20
(India Won) |
Mirpur, Dhaka | 7.00 PM India Time |
| Mar 4, Friday | Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, 10th T20
( Pakistan Won ) |
Mirpur, Dhaka | 7.00 PM India Time |
| Mar 6, Sunday (FINAL) |
India vs Bangladesh, 11th T20
(INDIA WON) |
Mirpur, Dhaka | 7.00 PM India Time |
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ASIA CUP 2016 TEAM SQUAD
India Asia Cup 2016 Squad : Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Rohit Sharma, Shikar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bhumrah, Ashish Nehra, Pawan Negi, and Mohd Shami.
Bangladesh Asia Cup 2016 Squad : Mashrafe Mortaza (captain), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Mithun, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Arafat Sunny, Abu Haider and Nurul Hasan.
Sri Lanka Asia Cup 2016 Squad : Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Chandimal (captain), Sachithra Senanayake, Thisara Perera, Chamara Kapugedera, Milinda Siriwardana, Dilhara Fernando, Seekkuge Prasanna, Niroshan Dickwella, Danushka Gunathilaka, Dushmantha Chameera, Dasun Shanaka, Asela Gunaratne, Binura Fernando, Jeffrey Vandersay and Kasun Rajitha.
Pakistan Asia Cup 2016 Squad : Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shahid Afridi, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Anwar Ali, Khurram Manzoor, Babar Azam, Imad Wasim, Iftikhar Ahmed, Rumman Raees and Mohammad Nawaz.
Asia CUP 2016 Live STREAMING
In India, the match will be live telecast on Star Sports which has already earned the rights to air all the Asia Cup 2016 Cup matches. In India, apart from this, the Twenty 20 Asia Cup 2016 can also be seen as live streamed on internet at Star Sports Official Website [http://www.starsports.com].
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