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Friday, October 30, 2015

Bangladesh to host Asia Cup 2016

 Bangladesh to host Asia Cup-2016
For the third consecutive time, Bangladesh is going to host the Asia Cup-2016. The tournament will be held from February 26 to march 6,2016

Though the Asia Cup-2016 was supposed to be held in India, regarding the recent violence activities of Shiv Sena, the country’s extremist political organization, Asian Cricket Council (ACC) gave its consent to Bangladesh to organise the 13th edition of Asia Cup.

But the tournament will be taken place in a different format this year. Though it was a One Day tournament, for the first time it will be held in T-20 format.

Note

The ACC Asia Cup is an International Men's ODI Cricket Tournament established in 1983 when the Asian Cricket Council was founded as a measure to promote goodwill between Asian countries.

The first tournament was held in 1984 in Sharjah,U A E where the council's offices were based (until 1995)

India boycotted the 1986 Tournament due to strained cricketing relations with Sri Lanka.

Pakistan boycotted the 1990-91 Tournament due to strained political relations with India.

The 1993 Tournament was cancelled due to strained political relations between India and Pakistan

The ACC announced that the tournament will be held biennially from 2008 onwards

After downsizing of Asian Cricket Council in 2015, it was announced by the ICC that Asia Cup events from 2016 will be played on a rotation basis between ODI and T20 Format. As a result, the 2016 event will be first event played in T20I format

Results
Year                  Winner                            Runner-Up           Host Nation
1984                  India                                Sri Lanka               U A E
1986                  Sri Lanka                          Pakistan                 Sri Lanka
1988                  India                                Sri Lanka                Bangladesh
1990-91             India                                Sri Lanka                India
1993                  Cancelled                                                       Pakistan
1995                  India                                Sri Lanka                U A E
1997                  Sri Lanka                          India                      Sri Lanka
2000                  Pakistan                            Sri Lanka               Bangladesh
2004                  Sri Lanka                          India                      Sri Lanka
2008                  Sri Lanka                          India                      Pakistan
2010                  India                                Sri Lanka                Sri Lanka
2012                  Pakistan                           Bangladesh              Bangladesh
2014                  Sri Lanka                          Pakistan                  Bangladesh

 

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