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The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is holding the Asia Cup 2016 Twenty20 International (T20I) in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 24 February to 06 March 2016. It will be the 13th edition of the Asia Cup, the fifth to be held in Bangladesh, and the first to be played using the Twenty20 format.<\/p>\n
Along with hosts Bangladesh and defending champions Sri Lanka (winners in 2014), the tournament will include Pakistan, India and a qualifier. All matches will be held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur.<\/p>\n
The qualifier will be determined through a qualifying round (Twenty20 internationals) scheduled to be played from 19 – 22 February 2016 at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium (KSOAS) in Narayanganj. Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Oman and UAE will compete for the lone spot in the main round featuring the four Asian Test nations.<\/p>\n
The Asia Cup in the new format is also expected to serve as a preparatory platform for the teams participating in the ICC World Twenty20 in March 2016 in India.<\/p>\n
Asia Cup Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n Qualifying Leg<\/strong><\/p>\n Feb 19: Afghanistan v UAE, Fatullah<\/p>\n Hong Kong v Oman, Fatullah<\/p>\n Feb 21: Afghanistan v Oman, Fatullah<\/p>\n Feb 20: Hong Kong v UAE, Fatullah<\/p>\n Afghanistan v Hong Kong, Fatullah<\/p>\n Feb 22: UAE v Oman, Fatullah<\/p>\n Main Draw<\/strong><\/p>\n Feb 24: India v Bangladesh, Mirpur<\/p>\n Feb 25: Sri Lanka v Qualifier, Mirpur<\/p>\n Feb 26: Bangladesh v Qualifier, Mirpur<\/p>\n Feb 27: India v Pakistan, Mirpur<\/p>\n Feb 28: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, Mirpur<\/p>\n Feb 29: Pakistan v Qualifier, Mirpur<\/p>\n Mar 1: India v Sri Lanka, Mirpur<\/p>\n Mar 2: Bangladesh v Pakistan, Mirpur<\/p>\n Mar 3: India v Qualifier, Mirpur<\/p>\n Mar 4: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Mirpur<\/p>\n Mar 6: Final, Mirpur<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Along with hosts Bangladesh and defending champions Sri Lanka (winners in 2014), the tournament will include Pakistan, India and a qualifier. All matches will be held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[14106,14102,4744,14104,14103,14105],"class_list":["post-25383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-cricket-news","tag-asia-cup-2016-schedule","tag-asia-cup-2016-twenty20-international-bangladesh","tag-cricket-news","tag-icc-twenty20","tag-india-vs-paikstan","tag-t20-international"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is holding the Asia Cup 2016 Twenty20 International (T20I) in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 24 February to 06 March 2016. It will be the 13th edition of the Asia Cup, the fifth to be held in Bangladesh, and the first to be played using the Twenty20 format.<\/p>\n