Bangladesh hosted the 2016 Asia Cup as India emerged winner of the first Asia Cup of T20Is. From 2015, it was decided that Asia Cup will be played on rotational basis according to upcoming World Cups. Asia Cup’s most successful team India became the first champion of T20I Asia Cup adding one more to the 5 Titles of previous Asia Cups. Bangladesh created a series of personal records to enter the first final of Asia Cup. Kohli won two MOMs, while Sabbir Rahman won Player of the Series.
Team Record at Asia Cup: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Asia Cup History: 2014, 2012, History of Results from 1984 to 2010
Records
- India won the first Asia Cup of T20I.
1st Captain to hit 200 6s in T20I – Dhoni
1st to hit 200 4s in T20I – Dilshan
1st team to play 100 T20I – Pakistan
Lowest total for Pakistan when batting first in T20I
Biggest win for India in terms of balls remaining
Most runs – 176 by Sabbir Rahman
Most wickets – 11 by Al-Amin Hossain
Indian Squad
- Captain/WK: MS Dhoni
Squad: Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Yuvraj Singh
Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Hardik Pandya, Parthiv Patel
Results
At Group Stage, Indians won all 4 matches and hosts, Bangladesh finished second with 3 wins. In the rain-reduced final, Indians won the final.
Match 1, India def Bangladesh by 45 runs
Scores: Ind 166/6 (20), Ban 121/7 (20), MOM: Rohit Sharma
High Scores: Rohit 83
Best Bowling: Nehra 3/23
Match 2, Sri Lanka def UAE by 14 runs
Scores: SL 129/8 (20), UAE 115/9 (20), MOM: Malinga
High Scores: Chandimal 50
Best Bowling: Malinga 4/26, Amjad Javed 3/25
Match 3, Bangladesh def UAE by 51 runs
Scores: Ban 133/8 (20), UAE 82 (17.4), MOM: Mahmudullah
High Scores: Mithun ALi 47
Best Bowling: Mahmudullah 2/5
Match 4, India def Pakistan by 5 wickets
Scores: Pak 83 (17.3), Ind 85/5 (15.3), MOM: Kohli
High Scores: Kohli 49
Best Bowling: Hardik Pandya 3/8, Amir 3/18
Match 5, Bangladesh def Sri Lanka by 23 runs
Scores: Ban 147/7 (20), SL 124/8 (20), MOM: Sabbir Rahman
High Scores: Sabbir Rahman 80
Best Bowling: Chameera 3/30, Al-Amin Hossain 3/34
Match 6, Pakistan def UAE by 7 wickets
Scores: UAE 129/6 (20), Pak 131/3 (18.4), MOM: Shoiab Malik
High Scores: Shoiab Malik 63*, Shaiman Anwar 46
Best Bowling: Amir 2/6, Amjad Javed 3/36
Match 7, India def Sri Lanka by 5 wickets
Scores: SL 138/9 (20), Ind 142/5 (19.2), MOM: Kohli
High Scores: Kohli 56*
Best Bowling: 2/26 Pandya, 2/26 Ashwin, 2/21 Kulasekara
Match 8, Bangladesh def Pakistan by 5 wickets
Scores: Pak 129/7 (20), Ban 131/5 (19.1), MOM: Soumya Sarkar
High Scores: Sarfraz Ahmed 58*, Soumya Sarkar 48
Best Bowling: Al-Amin Hossain 3/25, Amir 2/26
Match 9, India def UAE by 9 wickets
Scores: UAE 81/9 (20), Ind 82/1 (10.1), MOM: Rohit Sharma
High Scores: Shaiman Anwar 43, Rohit Sharma 39
Best Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/8
Match 10, Pakistan def Sri Lanka by 6 wickets
Scores: SL 150/4 (20), Pak 151/4 (19.2), MOM: Umar Akhmal
High Scores: Dilshan 75*, Umar Akhmal 48
Best Bowling: Md. Irfan 2/18, Dilshan 1/2
FINAL
Match 11, India def Bangladesh by 8 wickets
Scores: Ban 120/5 (15), Ind 122/2 (13.5), MOM: Shikhar Dhawan
High Scores: Shikhar Dhawan 60
Best Bowling: Bumrah 1/13, Taskin Ahmed 1/14
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