Bangladesh hold its nerve to beat Netherlands and wins by eight runs margin
Qualifying Rounds – ICC WT20 2016 – Match No 3 – Bangladesh vs Netherlands at Dharamsala on Mar 09, 2016 – Bangladesh won by eight runs
Tamim Iqbal scored 83 not out in this game to provide the fifth occasion of an opening batsman carrying the bat through the allotted twenty overs while batting first in WT20. All the five occasions are listed below. He became the first Bangladesh batsman to perform such a feat.
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | TM Dilshan | 96* | 1 | Srl | Win | The Oval | 19 Jun 2009 |
| 2 | DPMD Jayawardene | 98* | 1 | Srl | Win | Bridgetown | 07 May 2010 |
| 3 | CH Gayle | 75* | 1 | Win | Aus | Colombo (RPS) | 05 Oct 2012 |
| 4 | Ahmed Shehzad | 111* | 1 | Pak | Ban | Dhaka | 30 Mar 2014 |
| 5 | Tamim Iqbal | 83* | 1 | Ban | Net | Dharamsala | 09 Mar 2016 |
Tamim Iqbal’s 83 not out in this game provides the second occasion of a Bangladesh opening batsman scoring a fifty in WT20. The other occasion was Junaid Siddique’s 71 against Pakistan at Cape Town on 20.09.07. It also provides the 84th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty in WT20
Tamim Iqbal’s 83 not out in this game provide the eighth occasion of a Bangladesh batsman scoring a fifty in WT20. It also provides the second best individual innings by a Bangladesh batsman in WT20. The best is credited to Shakib Al Hasan who had made 84 against Pakistan at Pallekele on 25.09.12. All the eight occasions are listed below
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Shakib Al Hasan | 84 | 1 | v Pakistan | Pallekele | 25 Sep 2012 |
| 2 | Tamim Iqbal | 83* | 1 | v Netherlands | Dharamsala | 09 Mar 2016 |
| 3 | Junaid Siddique | 71 | 1 | v Pakistan | Cape Town | 20 Sep 2007 |
| 4 | Shakib Al Hasan | 66 | 1 | v Australia | Dhaka | 01 Apr 2014 |
| 5 | Mohammad Ashraful | 65 | 2 | v Pakistan | Gros Islet | 01 May 2010 |
| 6 | Aftab Ahmed | 62* | 2 | v West Indies | Johannesburg | 13 Sep 2007 |
| 7 | Mohammad Ashraful | 61 | 2 | v West Indies | Johannesburg | 13 Sep 2007 |
| 8 | Nasir Hossain | 50 | 2 | v New Zealand | Pallekele | 21 Sep 2012 |
Mushfiqur Rahim failed to open his account to provide the 19th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in WT20 and also the first such occasion by a Bangladesh wicket keeper. It also provides the 21st occasion of a Bangladesh batsman soring a duck in WT20
L van Beek returned with figures of 4.0-0-43-0 to provide the 47th occasion of a bowler conceding 40 plus runs without capturing a wicket in WT20 game and the second such occasion by a Netherlands bowler. Ahsan Malik had similar figures of 4.0-0-43-0 against New Zealand at Chittagong on 29.03.14.
Dharamsala became the second ground and 17th ground overall to host a WT20 game in its six editions.
Bangladesh won this game by eight runs to provide the 16th occasion of a team winning a WT20 game by single digit runs {1 to 9} and the first such occasion by exact eight runs and also the first win by Bangladesh by a single digit margin
Bangladesh posted its fourth win in WT20, while Netherlands suffered its fourth loss in WT20.
RE van der Marve became the first cricketer to appear for two countries in WT20. He had earlier played a total of nine games representing South Africa in 2009 and 2010 WT20 held in England and West Indies respectively.