2016 Cricket T20 Asia Cup Schedule (Dates) - Announced ABP Live.Asian cricket council has declared the time table for asia cup 2016.The ocasson will be played on feb 26 to march 6 in bangladesh.pakistan will play its first session of copetition.New Delhi: Its close proximity to the upcoming ICC World T20 has made the Asia Cup, which will be played between February 24 and March 6 in Bangladesh, has made it all the more important for all the participating teams, including India and Pakistan.
Besides providing real match practice to the players, it will be instrumental in giving the teams a fair idea of their strengths and weaknesses and what changes, if any, they need to make going into the big event.It is for this reason only, the Asia Cup will be played in the T20 format for the first time in the history of the tournament.
This year’s Asia Cup will be the 13th edition of the series that takes place once in two years, and will feature India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, in addition to one qualifying country from among Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Oman, and United Arab Emirates. The qualifiers will be played out before the tournament commences on February 24.Bangladesh will be the host to all competing nations in the 2016 Asia Cup, with all matches set to be played at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur. The tournament opens with Bangladesh taking on India.
Asia Cup 2016 will be played in T20 format keeping T20 world cup 2016 into account. This tournament is shifting from ODI Format to T20 format for the first time since 1984. Sri Lanka is the defending champions. They won 2014 Asia cup against Pakistan by 5 wickets in Bangladesh. Again 2018 Asia cup will be reverted back to ODI format to prepare for 2019 Cricket World Cup. For 2020 T20 World Cup, this will again switch back to T20 format. Asia cup T20 2016 will be played in Bangladesh. Asia cup 2016 is starting on February 24, 2016 and the Final match will be played on March 6, 2016.
