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{{Short description|Cricket tournament in Bangladesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2016 Micromax Asia Cup T20
| image = Asia Cup 2016.png
| administrator = [[Asian Cricket Council]]
| cricket format = [[Twenty20 International]]
| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| host = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| champions = {{cr|IND}}
| runner up = {{cr|BAN}}
| count = 6
| participants = 5
| fromdate = 24 February
| todate = 6 March
| matches = 11
| player of the series = {{flagicon|BAN}} [[Sabbir Rahman]]
| most runs = {{flagicon|BAN}} [[Sabbir Rahman]] (176)
| most wickets = {{flagicon|BAN}} [[Al-Amin Hossain]] (11)
| previous_year = 2014
| previous_tournament = 2014 Asia Cup
| next_year = 2018
| next_tournament = 2018 Asia Cup
}}
The '''2016 Asia Cup''' (also called the '''Micromax Asia Cup T20''') was a [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) [[cricket]] tournament that was held in [[Bangladesh]] from 24 February to 6 March 2016. It was the 13th edition of the [[Asia 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 after [[2012 Asia Cup|2012]] and [[2014 Asia Cup|2014]]. [[Micromax Informatics|Micromax]] was the main sponsor of the tournament after [[2012 Asia Cup|2012]].<ref>{{Cite web |agency=PTI|date=Mar 5, 2012 |title=Micromax is title sponsors of Asia Cup 2012 {{!}} New Zealand in India 2016 News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/asia-cup-2012/top-stories/micromax-is-title-sponsors-of-asia-cup-2012/articleshow/12148742.cms |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

Along with [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]] (the host) and [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] (the defending champions from [[2014 Asia Cup|the 2014 event]]), the tournament included [[India national cricket team|India]], [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]], and [[International Cricket Council|ICC]] associate member the [[United Arab Emirates national cricket team|United Arab Emirates]], who qualified from [[2016 Asia Cup Qualifier|a qualifier]] played from 19 to 22 February 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/other/content/story/936651.html|title=Asia Cup T20 Qualifier scheduled for February|work=Cricinfo|access-date=26 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="Dates">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/934635.html |title=Bangladesh to host third straight Asia Cup |access-date=28 October 2015 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref>

India beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the final to win their sixth Asia Cup title and were unbeaten throughout the tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Purewin Bangladesh Review {{!}} Online Casino and Betting {{!}} Login |url=https://sportsbettingbangladesh.com/betting-sites/purewin/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=sportsbettingbangladesh.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Ind6th">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/978853.html |title=Dhawan, Kohli bring India sixth Asia Cup title |access-date=6 March 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

==Teams==
* {{cr|BAN}}
* {{cr|IND}}
* {{cr|PAK}}
* {{cr|SL}}
* {{cr|UAE}} ([[2016 Asia Cup Qualifier|Qualifier]])

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; margin:auto"
|-
! width=20%| {{cr|BAN}}<ref name="BanSquad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/972769.html |title=Tamim to miss Asia Cup, Kayes called up as replacement |access-date=14 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> (11)
! width=20%| {{cr|IND}}<ref name="IndSquad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/969185.html |title=Mohammed Shami back for World T20 |access-date=5 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> (1)
! width=20%| {{cr|PAK}}<ref name="PakSquad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/971095.html |title=Pakistan pick Manzoor, Raees for WT20 |access-date=10 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> (8)
! width=20%| {{cr|SL}}<ref name="SLSquad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/973525.html |title=Malinga, Mathews back for World T20 |access-date=18 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> (4)
! width=20%| {{cr|UAE}}<ref name="UAESquad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/squad/972359.html |title=United Arab Emirates Squad, Asia Cup 2016 |access-date=14 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> (20)
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Mashrafe Mortaza]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Shakib Al Hasan]]
* [[Imrul Kayes]]
* [[Mohammad Mithun Ali]]
* [[Mahmudullah]]
* [[Mushfiqur Rahim]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Soumya Sarkar]]
* [[Sabbir Rahman]]
* [[Nasir Hossain]]
* <s>[[Mustafizur Rahman]]</s>
* [[Al-Amin Hossain]]
* [[Taskin Ahmed]]
* [[Arafat Sunny]]
* [[Abu Hider]]
* [[Nurul Hasan (cricketer)|Nurul Hasan]]
* [[Tamim Iqbal]]
|
* [[MS Dhoni]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]] & [[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Virat Kohli]] ([[captain (cricket)|vc]])
* [[Rohit Sharma]]
* [[Shikhar Dhawan]]
* [[Ajinkya Rahane]]
* [[Suresh Raina]]
* [[Yuvraj Singh]]
* [[Hardik Pandya]]
* [[Ravindra Jadeja]]
* [[Ravichandran Ashwin]]
* [[Jasprit Bumrah]]
* [[Ashish Nehra]]
* [[Harbhajan Singh]]
* [[Pawan Negi]]
* [[Bhuvneshwar Kumar]]
* [[Parthiv Patel]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Mohammed Shami]]
|
* [[Shahid Afridi]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Iftikhar Ahmed (cricketer)|Iftikhar Ahmed]]
* [[Sarfaraz Ahmed]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Umar Akmal]]
* [[Anwar Ali (cricketer, born 1987)|Anwar Ali]]
* [[Mohammad Amir]]
* [[Babar Azam]]
* [[Mohammad Hafeez]]
* [[Mohammad Irfan]]
* [[Shoaib Malik]]
* [[Khurram Manzoor]]
* [[Mohammad Nawaz (cricketer)|Mohammad Nawaz]]
* [[Rumman Raees]]
* [[Wahab Riaz]]
* [[Imad Wasim]]
* [[Sharjeel Khan]]
* [[Mohammad Sami]]
|
* [[Lasith Malinga]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Dushmantha Chameera]]
* [[Dinesh Chandimal]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Tillakaratne Dilshan]]
* [[Niroshan Dickwella]]
* [[Rangana Herath]]
* [[Shehan Jayasuriya]]
* [[Chamara Kapugedera]]
* [[Nuwan Kulasekara]]
* [[Angelo Mathews]]
* [[Thisara Perera]]
* [[Sachithra Senanayake]]
* [[Dasun Shanaka]]
* [[Milinda Siriwardana]]
* [[Jeffrey Vandersay]]
|
* [[Amjad Javed]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Swapnil Patil]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Ahmed Raza (cricketer, born 1988)|Ahmed Raza]]
* [[Fahad Tariq]]
* [[Farhan Ahmed]]
* [[Mohammad Naveed]]
* [[Mohammad Shahzad (Emirati cricketer)|Mohammad Shahzad]]
* [[Muhammad Usman (cricketer)|Muhammad Usman]]
* [[Muhammad Kaleem]]
* [[Qadeer Ahmed]]
* [[Rohan Mustafa]]
* [[Saqlain Haider]]
* [[Shaiman Anwar]]
* [[Usman Mushtaq]]
* [[Zaheer Maqsood]]
|}

[[Bhuvneshwar Kumar]] was added to India's squad as a replacement for [[Mohammed Shami]] after Shami failed to fully recover from a hamstring injury.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/974269.html | title=Shami ruled out of Asia Cup | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | date=19 February 2016 | access-date=19 February 2016}}</ref> [[Parthiv Patel]] was added to India's squad as a back-up for [[MS Dhoni]], who suffered a muscle spasm.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/975305.html | title=Parthiv to join squad as back-up for Dhoni | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | date=22 February 2016 | access-date=22 February 2016}}</ref> [[Mohammad Sami]] and [[Sharjeel Khan]] were added to Pakistan's squad after injuries to [[Babar Azam]] and [[Rumman Raees]] and following their performances in [[2016 Pakistan Super League]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://arynews.tv/en/sharjeel-sami-included-in-pakistans-asia-cup-t20-squad/ | title=Sharjeel, Sami included in Pakistan’s Asia Cup T20 squad | publisher=ARY News | date=22 February 2016 | access-date=22 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/975437.html | title=Sami, Sharjeel in as Pakistan make changes to World T20 squad | publisher=ESPN Cricinfo| date=23 February 2016 | access-date=23 February 2016}}</ref> Bangladesh's [[Mustafizur Rahman]] was injured during their match against Sri Lanka and was replaced for the rest of the tournament by [[Tamim Iqbal]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/977363.html | title=Side strain ends Mustafizur's Asia Cup | publisher=ESPN Cricinfo| date=29 February 2016 | access-date=29 February 2016}}</ref>

[[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 while [[Dinesh Chandimal]] stood as captain in their final match.

==Background==
After the [[Asian Cricket Council]] was downsized by the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC) in April 2015, it was announced that upcoming [[Asia Cup]] events will be played on rotation basis in [[One Day International]] (ODI) and [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) format based on respective next world events under the ICC.<ref name="Asia Cup to continue under ICC">{{Cite web|url= http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/862395.html |title=Asia Cup to continue under ICC |access-date=17 April 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> This means that the 2016 and 2020 events will be played using the T20I format, ahead of the [[2016 ICC World Twenty20|2016]] and [[2020 ICC World Twenty20|2020 World Twenty20]]s, and the 2018 and 2022 events will be played in ODI format, ahead of the [[2019 Cricket World Cup|2019]] and [[2023 Cricket World Cup|2023 World Cup]]s respectively.<ref name="Asia Cup to switch T20 format every alternate edition">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/71699/asia-cup-to-switch-to-t20-format-every-alternate-edition |title=Asia Cup to switch T20 format every alternate edition |access-date=16 April 2015 |work=cricbuzz}}</ref>

==Venue==
All eleven matches of the tournament were played at the [[Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium]] in [[Mirpur Model Thana|Mirpur]], [[Dhaka]].

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align: center"
|-
! scope="col" style="width: 100%" | [[Mirpur Model Thana|Mirpur]], [[Dhaka]]
|-
| [[Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium]]
|-
| Coordinates: {{coord|1=23|2=48|3=24.9|4=N|5=90|6=21|7=48.9|8=E|display=inline}}
|-
| Capacity: 25,416
|-
| [[File:Shere Bangla National Stadium.jpg|280px]]
|}

==Group stage==
===Standings===
<onlyinclude>
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=CricketRR
|update=complete
|source=<ref>{{cite news|title=2016 Asia Cup Points Table|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/engine/series/966595.html?view=pointstable |access-date=24 February 2016 |website=ESPN Cricinfo |date=24 February 2016}}</ref>
|winpoints=4

|team1=INDIA |team2=BDESH |team3=PAK |team4=SL |team5=UAE
|result1=Q |result2=Q

|win_BDESH=3 |loss_BDESH=1 |rs_BDESH=532 |or_BDESH=79.1 |rc_BDESH=501 |ob_BDESH=80.0
|win_INDIA=4 |loss_INDIA=0 |rs_INDIA=475 |or_INDIA=65.0 |rc_INDIA=423 |ob_INDIA=80.0
|win_PAK=2 |loss_PAK=2 |rs_PAK=494 |or_PAK=78.0 |rc_PAK=495 |ob_PAK=74.4
|win_SL=1 |loss_SL=3 |rs_SL=541 |or_SL=80.0 |rc_SL=555 |ob_SL=78.4
|win_UAE=0 |loss_UAE=4 |rs_UAE=407 |or_UAE=80.0 |rc_UAE=475 |ob_UAE=68.5

|name_BDESH={{cr|BAN}}
|name_INDIA={{cr|IND}}
|name_PAK={{cr|PAK}}
|name_SL={{cr|SL}}
|name_UAE={{cr|UAE}}

|col_Q=green1
}}
{{color box|#cfc}} Advance to [[#Final|Final]]</onlyinclude>

===Matches===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 24 February
| time = 19:30
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|BAN}}
| score1 = 166/6 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Rohit Sharma]] 83 (55)
| wickets1 = [[Al-Amin Hossain]] 3/37 (4 overs)
| score2 = 121/7 (20 overs)
| runs2 = [[Sabbir Rahman]] 44 (32)
| wickets2 = [[Ashish Nehra]] 3/23 (4 overs)
| result = India won by 45 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966745.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Model Thana|Mirpur]], [[Dhaka]]
| umpires = [[Ruchira Palliyaguruge]] (SL) and [[Shozab Raza]] (Pak)
| motm = [[Rohit Sharma]] (Ind)
| toss = Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
| round =
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 25 February
| time = 19:30
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SL}}
| team2 = {{cr|UAE}}
| score1 = 129/8 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Dinesh Chandimal]] 50 (39)
| wickets1 = [[Amjad Javed]] 3/25 (4 overs)
| score2 = 115/9 (20 overs)
| runs2 = [[Swapnil Patil]] 37 (36)
| wickets2 = [[Lasith Malinga]] 4/26 (4 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 14 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966747.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Model Thana|Mirpur]], [[Dhaka]]
| umpires = [[Anil Chaudhary (umpire)|Anil Chaudhary]] (Ind) and [[Sharfuddoula]] (Ban)
| motm = [[Lasith Malinga]] (SL)
| toss = United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
| round =
| rain =
| notes = Sri Lanka's score of 129 is their lowest total against an Associate nation in T20Is.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/976225.html | title=Malinga marks return with match-winning spell against UAE | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | date=25 February 2016 | access-date=26 February 2016}}</ref>
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 26 February
| time = 19:30
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}
| team2 = {{cr|UAE}}
| score1 = 133/8 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Mithun Ali]] 47 (41)
| wickets1 = [[Mohammad Naveed]] 2/12 (4 overs)
| score2 = 82 (17.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Muhammad Usman (cricketer)|Muhammad Usman]] 30 (30)
| wickets2 = [[Mahmudullah]] 2/5 (2 overs)
| result = Bangladesh won by 51 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966749.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Model Thana|Mirpur]], [[Dhaka]]
| umpires = [[Anil Chaudhary (umpire)|Anil Chaudhary]] (Ind) and [[Ruchira Palliyaguruge]] (SL)
| motm = [[Mahmudullah]] (Ban)
| toss = United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
| round =
| rain =
| notes = This was the first time Bangladesh have dismissed a side in the second innings of a T20I.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/976723.html | title=Bangladesh bowlers flatten UAE to defend 133 | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | date=26 February 2016 | access-date=26 February 2016}}</ref>
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 27 February
| time = 19:30
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 83 (17.3 overs)
| runs1 = [[Sarfaraz Ahmed]] 25 (24)
| wickets1 = [[Hardik Pandya]] 3/8 (3.3 overs)
| score2 = 85/5 (15.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Virat Kohli]] 49 (51)
| wickets2 = [[Mohammad Amir]] 3/18 (4 overs)
| result = India won by 5 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966751.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Model Thana|Mirpur]], [[Dhaka]]
| umpires = [[Ruchira Palliyaguruge]] (SL) and [[Sharfuddoula]] (Ban)
| motm = [[Virat Kohli]] (Ind)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| round =
| rain =
| notes = [[Khurram Manzoor]] (Pak) made his T20I debut.
* Pakistan's score of 83 is their lowest total when batting first in a T20I match.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/976983.html | title=Kohli wins it for India after Amir storm | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | date=27 February 2016 | access-date=27 February 2016}}</ref>
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 28 February
| time = 19:30
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}
| team2 = {{cr|SL}}
| score1 = 147/7 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Sabbir Rahman]] 80 (54)
| wickets1 = [[Dushmantha Chameera]] 3/30 (4 overs)
| score2 = 124/8 (20 overs)
| runs2 = [[Dinesh Chandimal]] 37 (37)
| wickets2 = [[Al-Amin Hossain]] 3/34 (4 overs)
| result = Bangladesh won by 23 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966753.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Model Thana|Mirpur]], [[Dhaka]]
| umpires = [[Anil Chaudhary (umpire)|Anil Chaudhary]] (Ind) and [[Shozab Raza]] (Pak)
| motm = [[Sabbir Rahman]] (Ban)
| toss = Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
| round =
| rain =
| notes = This was Bangladesh's first win against Sri Lanka in T20Is.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/977179.html | title=Sabbir's one-man act too much for Sri Lanka | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | date=28 February 2016 | access-date=28 February 2016}}</ref>
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 29 February
| time = 19:30
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|UAE}}
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| score1 = 129/6 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Shaiman Anwar]] 46 (42)
| wickets1 = [[Mohammad Amir]] 2/6 (4 overs)
| score2 = 131/3 (18.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Shoaib Malik]] 63[[not out|*]] (49)
| wickets2 = [[Amjad Javed]] 3/36 (4 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 7 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966755.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Model Thana|Mirpur]], [[Dhaka]]
| umpires = [[Enamul Haque (cricketer, born 1966)|Enamul Haque]] (Ban) and [[Ruchira Palliyaguruge]] (SL)
| motm = [[Shoaib Malik]] (Pak)
| toss = United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
| round =
| rain =
| notes = [[Mohammad Nawaz (cricketer)|Mohammad Nawaz]] (Pak) made his T20I debut.
* Pakistan became the first team to play 100 T20I matches.<ref name="Pak100">{{cite web |url=http://www.thenewstribe.com/2016/02/29/pakistan-become-first-to-play-100-t20i-matches/ |title=Pakistan become first to play 100 T20i matches |access-date=29 February 2016 |work=The News Tribe |archive-date=1 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301020759/http://www.thenewstribe.com/2016/02/29/pakistan-become-first-to-play-100-t20i-matches/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* United Arab Emirates were eliminated as a result of this match.<ref name="UAEout">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/977321.html |title=Pakistan overcome hiccups for seven-wicket win |access-date=29 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 1 March
| time = 19:30
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SL}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 138/9 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Chamara Kapugedera]] 30 (32)
| wickets1 = [[Hardik Pandya]] 2/26 (4 overs) [[Ravichandran Ashwin]] 2/26 (4 overs)
| score2 = 142/5 (19.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[Virat Kohli]] 56[[not out|*]] (47)
| wickets2 = [[Nuwan Kulasekara]] 2/21 (3 overs)
| result = India won by 5 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966757.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Model Thana|Mirpur]], [[Dhaka]]
| umpires = [[Anisur Rahman (cricketer)|Anisur Rahman]] (Ban) and [[Shozab Raza]] (Pak)
| motm = [[Virat Kohli]] (Ind)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| round =
| rain =
| notes = India qualified for the final as a result of this match.<ref name="IndFinal">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/977579.html |title=Kohli, bowlers put India in final |access-date=1 March 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
* [[MS Dhoni]] (Ind) became the first player to hit 200 sixes as a captain in international matches.<ref name="Dhoni200">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/977679.html |title=Kohli's T20I average in 2016: 103.66 |access-date=1 March 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 2 March
| time = 19:30
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 = {{cr|BAN}}
| score1 = 129/7 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Sarfaraz Ahmed]] 58[[not out|*]] (42)
| wickets1 = [[Al-Amin Hossain]] 3/25 (4 overs)
| score2 = 131/5 (19.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Soumya Sarkar]] 48 (48)
| wickets2 = [[Mohammad Amir]] 2/26 (4 overs)
| result = Bangladesh won by 5 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966759.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Model Thana|Mirpur]], [[Dhaka]]
| umpires = [[Anil Chaudhary (umpire)|Anil Chaudhary]] (Ind) and [[Ruchira Palliyaguruge]] (SL)
| motm = [[Soumya Sarkar]] (Ban)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| round =
| rain =
| notes = Bangladesh qualified for the final and Pakistan and Sri Lanka were eliminated as a result of this match.<ref name="BanFinal">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/977797.html |title=Bangladesh hold nerve to seal final berth |access-date=2 March 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 3 March
| time = 19:30
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|UAE}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 81/9 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Shaiman Anwar]] 43 (48)
| wickets1 = [[Bhuvneshwar Kumar]] 2/8 (4 overs)
| score2 = 82/1 (10.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Rohit Sharma]] 39 (28)
| wickets2 = [[Qadeer Ahmed]] 1/23 (2 overs)
| result = India won by 9 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966761.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Model Thana|Mirpur]], [[Dhaka]]
| umpires = [[Sharfuddoula]] (Ban) and [[Shozab Raza]] (Pak)
| motm = [[Rohit Sharma]] (Ind)
| toss = United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
| round =
| rain =
| notes = [[Pawan Negi]] (Ind) made his T20I debut.
* This is India's biggest win in terms of balls remaining (59) in T20Is.<ref name="Ind59">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/978087.html |title=India crush UAE for their biggest T20I win |access-date=3 March 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 4 March
| time = 19:30
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SL}}
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| score1 = 150/4 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Tillakaratne Dilshan]] 75[[not out|*]] (56)
| wickets1 = [[Mohammad Irfan]] 2/18 (4 overs)
| score2 = 151/4 (19.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[Umar Akmal]] 48 (37)
| wickets2 = [[Tillakaratne Dilshan]] 1/2 (1 over)
| result = Pakistan won by 6 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966763.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Model Thana|Mirpur]], [[Dhaka]]
| umpires = [[Anil Chaudhary (umpire)|Anil Chaudhary]] (Ind) and [[Enamul Haque (cricketer, born 1966)|Enamul Haque]] (Ban)
| motm = [[Umar Akmal]] (Pak)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
| round =
| rain =
| notes = [[Iftikhar Ahmed (cricketer)|Iftikhar Ahmed]] (Pak) made his T20I debut.
* [[Tillakaratne Dilshan]] (SL) became the first player to score 200 fours in T20Is.<ref name="Dilshan200">{{cite web |url=http://www.crictracker.com/asia-cup-t20-pakistan-v-sri-lanka-statistical-highlights/ |title=Asia Cup T20: Pakistan v Sri Lanka – Statistical Highlights |access-date=5 March 2016 |work=Cric Tracker}}</ref>
}}

==Final==
{{main|2016 Asia Cup Final}}
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 6 March
| time = 19:30
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 120/5 (15 overs)
| runs1 = [[Mahmudullah Riyad]] 33[[not out|*]] (13)
| wickets1 = [[Jasprit Bumrah]] 1/13 (3 overs)
| score2 = 122/2 (13.5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Shikhar Dhawan]] 60 (44)
| wickets2 = [[Taskin Ahmed]] 1/14 (3 overs)
| result = India won by 8 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966765.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Model Thana|Mirpur]], [[Dhaka]]
| umpires = [[Ruchira Palliyaguruge]] (SL) and [[Shozab Raza]] (Pak)
| motm = [[Shikhar Dhawan]] (Ind)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = Rain reduced the match to 15 overs per-side.
| notes =
}}

== Statistics ==

=== Most runs ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Player
![[Innings]]
![[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
!NO
![[Batting average (cricket)|Ave.]]
!SR
!HS
!100
!50
!4s
!6s
|- style="background:gold;"
|{{cricon|BAN}} [[Sabbir Rahman]]
| style="text-align:center;" |5
| style="text-align:center;" |'''176'''
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |44.00
| style="text-align:center;" |123.94
| style="text-align:center;" |80
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |15
| style="text-align:center;" |5
|-
|{{cricon|IND}} [[Virat Kohli]]
| style="text-align:center;" |4
| style="text-align:center;" |'''153'''
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |76.50
| style="text-align:center;" |110.86
| style="text-align:center;" |56[[Not out|*]]
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |20
| style="text-align:center;" |0
|-
|{{cricon|SRI}} [[Dinesh Chandimal]]
| style="text-align:center;" |4
| style="text-align:center;" |'''149'''
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |37.25
| style="text-align:center;" |109.55
| style="text-align:center;" |58
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |19
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|-
|{{cricon|IND}} [[Rohit Sharma]]
| style="text-align:center;" |5
| style="text-align:center;" |'''138'''
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |27.60
| style="text-align:center;" |132.69
| style="text-align:center;" |83
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |17
| style="text-align:center;" |4
|-
|{{cricon|SRI}} [[Tillakaratne Dilshan]]
| style="text-align:center;" |4
| style="text-align:center;" |'''132'''
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |44.00
| style="text-align:center;" |121.10
| style="text-align:center;" |75[[Not out|*]]
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |4
|-
| colspan="11" |Updated: 12 September 2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Men's T20 Asia Cup, 2015/16 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=10989&type=tournament |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=Cricinfo}}</ref>
|}

=== Most wickets ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Player
![[Innings]]
![[Wicket]]s
![[Over (cricket)|Overs]]
![[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
![[Economy rate|Econ]].
![[Bowling average|Ave.]]
!BBI
|- style="background:gold;"
|{{cricon|BAN}} [[Al-Amin Hossain]]
| style="text-align:center;" |5
| style="text-align:center;" |'''11'''
| style="text-align:center;" |16.5
| style="text-align:center;" |134
| style="text-align:center;" |7.96
| style="text-align:center;" |12.80
| style="text-align:center;" |3/25
|-
|{{cricon|PAK}} [[Mohammad Amir]]
| style="text-align:center;" |4
| style="text-align:center;" |'''7'''
| style="text-align:center;" |16.0
| style="text-align:center;" |81
| style="text-align:center;" |5.06
| style="text-align:center;" |11.57
| style="text-align:center;" |3/18
|-
|{{cricon|SRI}} [[Nuwan Kulasekara]]
| style="text-align:center;" |4
| style="text-align:center;" |'''7'''
| style="text-align:center;" |15.0
| style="text-align:center;" |95
| style="text-align:center;" |6.33
| style="text-align:center;" |13.57
| style="text-align:center;" |3/10
|-
|{{cricon|IND}} [[Hardik Pandya]]
| style="text-align:center;" |5
| style="text-align:center;" |'''7'''
| style="text-align:center;" |17.30
| style="text-align:center;" |103
| style="text-align:center;" |5.88
| style="text-align:center;" |14.71
| style="text-align:center;" |3/8
|-
|{{cricon|IND}} [[Jasprit Bumrah]]
| style="text-align:center;" |5
| style="text-align:center;" |'''6'''
| style="text-align:center;" |18.0
| style="text-align:center;" |94
| style="text-align:center;" |5.22
| style="text-align:center;" |15.66
| style="text-align:center;" |2/27
|-
| colspan="8" |Updated: 12 September 2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Men's T20 Asia Cup, 2015/16 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=10989&type=tournament |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=Cricinfo}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/966595.html Series home at ESPN Cricinfo]

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