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| Dates | 24 February – 6 March |
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| Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Host(s) | Bangladesh |
| Champions |  India (6th title) |
| Runners-up |  Bangladesh |
| Participants | 5 |
| Matches | 11 |
| Player of the series | Sabbir Rahman |
| Most runs | Sabbir Rahman (176) |
| Most wickets | Al-Amin Hossain (11) |
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The2016 Asia Cup (also called theMicromax Asia Cup T20) was aTwenty20 International (T20I)cricket tournament that was held inBangladesh from 24 February to 6 March 2016. It was the 13th edition of theAsia 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 after2012 and2014.Micromax was the main sponsor of the tournament after2012.[1]
Along withBangladesh (the host) andSri Lanka (the defending champions fromthe 2014 event), the tournament includedIndia,Pakistan, andICC associate member theUnited Arab Emirates, who qualified througha qualifier tournament played from 19 to 22 February 2016.[2][3]
India beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the final to win their sixth Asia Cup title and were unbeaten throughout the tournament.[4][5]
| Bangladesh[6] | India[7] |  Pakistan[8] |  Sri Lanka[9] |  United Arab Emirates[10] |
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Bhuvneshwar Kumar was added to India's squad as a replacement forMohammed Shami after Shami failed to fully recover from a hamstring injury.[11]Parthiv Patel was added to India's squad as a back-up forMS Dhoni, who suffered a muscle spasm.[12]Mohammad Sami andSharjeel Khan were added to Pakistan's squad after injuries toBabar Azam andRumman Raees and following their performances in2016 Pakistan Super League.[13][14] Bangladesh'sMustafizur Rahman was injured during their match against Sri Lanka and was replaced for the rest of the tournament byTamim Iqbal.[15]
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 whileDinesh Chandimal stood as captain in their final match.
After theAsian Cricket Council was downsized by theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) in April 2015, it was announced that upcomingAsia Cup events will be played on rotation basis inOne Day International (ODI) andTwenty20 International (T20I) format based on respective next world events under the ICC.[16] This means that the 2016 and 2020 events will be played using the T20I format, ahead of the2016 and2020 World Twenty20s, and the 2018 and 2022 events will be played in ODI format, ahead of the2019 and2023 World Cups respectively.[17]
All eleven matches of the tournament were played at theSher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium inMirpur,Dhaka.
| Mirpur,Dhaka |
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| Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium |
| Coordinates:23°48′24.9″N90°21′48.9″E / 23.806917°N 90.363583°E /23.806917; 90.363583 |
| Capacity: 25,416 |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2.020 |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.458 |
| 3 | Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.296 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.293 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.813 |
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India won by 45 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium,Mirpur Umpires:Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Rohit Sharma (Ind) |
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Sri Lanka won by 14 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium,Mirpur Umpires:Anil Chaudhary (Ind) andSharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match:Lasith Malinga (SL) |
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Bangladesh won by 51 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium,Mirpur Umpires:Anil Chaudhary (Ind) andRuchira Palliyaguruge (SL) Player of the match:Mahmudullah (Ban) |
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India won by 5 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium,Mirpur Umpires:Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) andSharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match:Virat Kohli (Ind) |
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Bangladesh won by 23 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium,Mirpur Umpires:Anil Chaudhary (Ind) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Sabbir Rahman (Ban) |
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Pakistan won by 7 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium,Mirpur Umpires:Enamul Haque (Ban) andRuchira Palliyaguruge (SL) Player of the match:Shoaib Malik (Pak) |
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India won by 5 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium,Mirpur Umpires:Anisur Rahman (Ban) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Virat Kohli (Ind) |
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Bangladesh won by 5 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium,Mirpur Umpires:Anil Chaudhary (Ind) andRuchira Palliyaguruge (SL) Player of the match:Soumya Sarkar (Ban) |
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India won by 9 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium,Mirpur Umpires:Sharfuddoula (Ban) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Rohit Sharma (Ind) |
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Pakistan won by 6 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium,Mirpur Umpires:Anil Chaudhary (Ind) andEnamul Haque (Ban) Player of the match:Umar Akmal (Pak) |
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India won by 8 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium,Mirpur Umpires:Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Shikhar Dhawan (Ind) |
| Player | Innings | Runs | NO | Ave. | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabbir Rahman | 5 | 176 | 1 | 44.00 | 123.94 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 |
| Virat Kohli | 4 | 153 | 2 | 76.50 | 110.86 | 56* | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Dinesh Chandimal | 4 | 149 | 0 | 37.25 | 109.55 | 58 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 2 |
| Rohit Sharma | 5 | 138 | 0 | 27.60 | 132.69 | 83 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 4 | 132 | 1 | 44.00 | 121.10 | 75* | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 |
| Updated: 12 September 2022[30] | ||||||||||
| Player | Innings | Wickets | Overs | Runs | Econ. | Ave. | BBI |
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| Al-Amin Hossain | 5 | 11 | 16.5 | 134 | 7.96 | 12.80 | 3/25 |
| Mohammad Amir | 4 | 7 | 16.0 | 81 | 5.06 | 11.57 | 3/18 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 4 | 7 | 15.0 | 95 | 6.33 | 13.57 | 3/10 |
| Hardik Pandya | 5 | 7 | 17.30 | 103 | 5.88 | 14.71 | 3/8 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 5 | 6 | 18.0 | 94 | 5.22 | 15.66 | 2/27 |
| Updated: 12 September 2022[31] | |||||||