2016 Asia Cup

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The 2016 Asia Cup was a major international cricket tournament featuring top Asian national teams, notable for being played in the Twenty20 format ahead of the 2016 ICC World T20.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Asia Cup
cricket tournament
administrator Asian Cricket Council NERFINISHED
broadcastRegion international
champion India national cricket team NERFINISHED
continent Asia
cricketFormat Twenty20 International
defendingChampion Sri Lanka national cricket team NERFINISHED
editionNumber 13
endDate 2016-03-06
finalDate 2016-03-06
finalMatch India vs Bangladesh NERFINISHED
finalResult India won by 8 wickets
finalVenue Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium NERFINISHED
gender men's tournament
hostBoard Bangladesh Cricket Board NERFINISHED
hostCity Dhaka NERFINISHED
hostCountry Bangladesh NERFINISHED
matchesPlayed 11
mostRuns 153
mostRunsPlayer Virat Kohli NERFINISHED
mostWickets 11
mostWicketsPlayer Al-Amin Hossain NERFINISHED
nextEdition 2018 Asia Cup NERFINISHED
notableFeature first Asia Cup played in Twenty20 International format
numberOfTeams 5
officialName Micromax Asia Cup 2016 NERFINISHED
organisingBody Asian Cricket Council NERFINISHED
participatingTeam Bangladesh national cricket team NERFINISHED
India national cricket team NERFINISHED
Pakistan national cricket team NERFINISHED
Sri Lanka national cricket team NERFINISHED
United Arab Emirates national cricket team NERFINISHED
playerOfTheSeries Shikhar Dhawan NERFINISHED
previousEdition 2014 Asia Cup NERFINISHED
purpose preparation for 2016 ICC World Twenty20
qualificationFormat T20I qualifier among Asian Associate teams
qualificationTournament 2016 Asia Cup Qualifier
qualifierTeam United Arab Emirates national cricket team NERFINISHED
runnerUp Bangladesh national cricket team NERFINISHED
sponsor Micromax NERFINISHED
sport cricket
startDate 2016-02-24
tournamentFormat round-robin and final
venue Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium NERFINISHED
year 2016

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