India to Face Bangladesh in Asia Cup 2016 Opener

India, Pakistan Asia Cup T20 clash on February 27.

Dhaka: The Indian cricket team will take on their arch rivals Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2016 tournament, whereas the first match of the main round of the tournament will be between Bangladesh and India.

It must be remembered that this is the very first time that the Asia Cup tournament - usually a 50-over competition - will be played in Twenty20 format.

The change is obviously due to the ICC World T20 2016 tournament, which will be hosted for India for the very first time.

Bangladesh will be hosting this tournament once again, and there will be 11 matches in the main tournament that will be held from February 24 to March 6, 2016.

Besides the four major nations, Afghanistan, Oman, Hong Kong and UAE will be playing a qualifying tournament that starts on February 19.

Each team will play three matches and the one that finishes on top will advance to the main event. In case two teams finish with the same points, their net run rates will be used as tiebreaker.

Asia Cup Schedule

Feb 24 - India v Bangladesh
Feb 25 - Sri Lanka v TBD
Feb 26 - Bangladesh v TBD
Feb 27 - India v Pakistan
Feb 28 - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
Feb 29 - Pakistan v TBD
Mar 1 - India v Sri Lanka
Mar 2 - Bangladesh v Pakistan
Mar 3 - India v TBD
Mar 4 - Pakistan v Sri Lanka
Mar 6 - Final

Scores	Upcoming	Results
South Africa vs Pakistan - 3rd ODI 4th Test - Australia v India - December 26-30, 23:30 GMT 1st Test - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan - December 26-30, 07:30 GMT 3rd ODI - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 139 balls remaining) 3rd T20I - West Indies v Bangladesh at St Vincent Bangladesh won by 80 runs

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