# 2016 Asia Cup final

The 2016 Asia Cup final was a Twenty20 cricket match played on 6 March 2016 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, which was played between Bangladesh and India to determine the winner of the 2016 season of the Asia Cup. India defeated Bangladesh by 8 wickets to win their sixth Asia Cup title. Shikhar Dhawan was named as the player of the match for scoring 60 runs off 44 balls.

## Road to the final

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | India | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2.020 |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.458 |
| 3 | Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.296 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.293 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.813 |
Advance to Final

### India

India dominated throughout the tournament. In the group stage, they defeated Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates, to qualify in the final. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya were India's top performers throughout the group stage.

### Bangladesh

After losing the first match to India, Bangladesh made a strong comeback by defeating United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka and Pakistan in the group stage to qualify in the final. Sabbir Rahman, Soumya Sarkar, Al-Amin Hossain and Mahmudullah were top performers for Bangladesh throughout the group stage.

## Match details
### Match officials

* On-field umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
* TV Umpire: Enamul Haque (Ban)
* Reserve umpire: Anil Chaudhary (Ind)
* Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ)
* Toss: India won the toss and elected to field

### Summary

Hours before the toss, heavy rain lashed Bangladesh capital Dhaka. The game was reduced to 15 overs a side, with fielding restrictions for five overs. A bowler could bowl a maximum of three overs.
Winning the toss, India elected to field first. Bangladesh set up a total of 120/5 off 15 overs. Mahmudullah's 33 and Sabbir Rahman's 32 helped Bangladesh reach a fighting total. Ashwin, Jadeja, Nehra and Bumrah each got one wicket. India chased the total successfully with 13-balls to spare losing only 2 wickets in the process thanks to Shikhar Dhawan's 60 off 44 balls and Virat Kohli's 41 off 28 balls.
* 6 March 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Bangladesh 120/5 (15 overs) | v | India 122/2 (13.5 overs) |
| Mahmudullah 33* (13) Jasprit Bumrah 1/13 (3 overs) | | Shikhar Dhawan 60 (44) Taskin Ahmed 1/14 (3 overs) |
* India won by 8 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain.

## Scorecard

Source:
Bangladesh batting :
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate |
| Tamim Iqbal | lbw b Bumrah | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 76.47 |
| Soumya Sarkar | c Pandya b Nehra | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 155.55 |
| Sabbir Rahman | not out | 32 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 110.34 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | c Bumrah b Ashwin | 21 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 131.25 |
| Mushfiqur Rahim † | run out (Kohli/†Dhoni) | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 |
| Mashrafe Mortaza * | c Kohli b Jadeja | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mahmudullah | not out | 33 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 253.84 |
| Nasir Hossain | did not bat | | | | | |
| Al-Amin Hossain | did not bat | | | | | |
| Abu Hider | did not bat | | | | | |
| Taskin Ahmed | did not bat | | | | | |
| Extras | (w 3) | 3 | | | | |
| Total | (5 wickets; 15 overs) | 120 | | 12 | 2 | |
Fall of wickets: 1/27 (Sarkar, 3.6 ov), 2/30 (Tamim, 4.4 ov), 3/64 (Shakib, 9.1 ov), 4/75 (Rahim, 11.3 ov), 5/75 (Mortaza, 11.4 ov)
India bowling :
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4.66 | 1 | 0 |
| Ashish Nehra | 3 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 11.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 8.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Hardik Pandya | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 11.66 | 1 | 0 |
India batting :
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate |
| Rohit Sharma | c Sarkar b Al-Amin | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | c Sarkar b Taskin | 60 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 136.36 |
| Virat Kohli | not out | 41 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 146.42 |
| MS Dhoni *† | not out | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 333.33 |
| Suresh Raina | | | | | | |
| Yuvraj Singh | | | | | | |
| Hardik Pandya | | | | | | |
| Ravindra Jadeja | | | | | | |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | | | | | | |
| Jasprit Bumrah | | | | | | |
| Ashish Nehra | | | | | | |
| Extras | | 0 | | | | |
| Total | (2 wickets; 13.5 overs) | 122 | | 15 | 3 | |
Fall of wickets: 1/5 (Rohit, 1.3 ov), 2/99 (Dhawan, 12.4 ov)
Bangladesh bowling :
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Taskin Ahmed | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4.66 | 0 | 0 |
| Al-Amin Hossain | 2.5 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 10.58 | 0 | 0 |
| Abu Hider | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Nasir Hossain | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7.33 | 0 | 0 |
Key
* * – Captain
* † – Wicket-keeper
* c Fielder – Indicates that the batsman was dismissed by a catch by the named fielder
* b Bowler – Indicates which bowler gains credit for the dismissal