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UAE was dismissed for 82 in this game to provide the 56th occasion of a team dismissed all out for less than 100 runs in the history of T20 Internationals. It also provides the second occasion of UAE dismissed all out for less than 100 runs in a T20I. The first occasions was its 73 against Netherlands at Dubai ICCA  – 23 days earlier on 03.02.16

UAE’s 82 in this game also provides the lowest total by a team in the ongoing Asia Cup T2o – team being dismissed all out or otherwise. The previous lowest total in a completed innings was 112 by Hong Kong against Afghanistan at Dhaks on 22.02.16. It also provides the third occasion of a team dismissed all out in the ongoing Asia Cup T20. Afghanistan was dismissed for 160 by UAE at Fatullah on 19.02.16. Oman’s 101 for 8 against UAE at Dhaka on 22.02.16 provide the previous lowest total in Asia Cup T20 when a team was not dismissed all out.

Mohammad Mithun and Taskin Ahmed were dismissed run out in this game to provide the 40^th and 41st occasion of a Bangladesh batsman dismissed run out in the history of T20Is. Mohammad Mithun’s 47 provides the joint highest individual score by a Bangladesh batsman who was dismissed run out in a T20I. Anamul Haque was the other batsman to be dismissed for an identical score of 47 against Zimbabwe at Dhaka on 15.11.15.

Mohammad Mithun’s run out dismissal provides the tenth occasion of a Bangladesh opening batsman dismissed run out in a T20I. His score of 47 provide the highest individual score when a Bangladesh opening batsman dismissed run out in a T20I. The previous best was Anamul Haque’s 42 against Nepal at Chittagong on 18.03.14

His run out dismissal for 47 in this game provide the ninth occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in the ongoing Asia Cup T20. His 47 represent the highest individual score by a batsman when he was dismissed run out. Previous best was Najibullah Zadran’s 21 in the game between Afghanistan vs UAE at Fatullah on 19.02.16. Mohammad Mithun became the second opening batsman to be dismissed run out in Asia Cup T20. Rohan Mustafa of UAE was the first batsman. He was dismissed for 5 against Oman at Dhaka on 22.02.16

Amjad Javed was dismissed hit wicket in this game to provide the seventh occasion of a batsman dismissed hit wicket in the history of T20 Internationals. He became the second batsman from a non-test playing nation to be dismissed hit wicket in a T20I after DO Obuya of Kenya. DO Obuya was dismissed hit wicket for a duck against New Zealand at Durban on 12.09.07

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	DO Obuya	0	1	Ken	NZl	Durban	12 Sep 2007
2	AB de Villiers	0	2	RSA	Aus	Melbourne	11 Jan 2009
3	GJ Hopkins	36	1	NZl	Aus	Christchurch	28 Feb 2010
4	Misbah-ul-Haq	0	2	Pak	Win	Gros Islet	21 Apr 2011
5	LD Chandimal	11	1	Srl	Aus	Pallekele	06 Aug 2011
6	Mohammad Hafeez	86	1	Pak	RSA	Centurion	03 Mar 2013
7	Amjad Javed	3	2	UAE	Ban	Dhaka	26 Feb 2016

Amjad Javed became the second captain to be dismissed hit wicket in the history of T20Is after Mohammad Hafeez of Pakistan. Mohammd Hafeez was dismissed hit wicket for 86 against South Africa at Centurion on 03.03.13

Nurul Hasan of Bangladesh and SP Patil of UAE scored ducks in this game to provide the 73rd and 74^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring ducks in T20Is. It also provides the 37^th and 38^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman collecting the first ball ducks in the history of T20Is. It also provides the fourth and fifth occasion of an UAE batsman scoring a first ball duck in a T20I and the very first occasion of a wicket keeper batsman collecting the first ball duck in a T20I

Nurul Hasan of Bangladesh and SP Patil of UAE scored ducks in this game to provide the very first occasion of rival wicket keeper batsmen scoring ducks in the history of T20Is. This stats gain more importance or credibility when we note that both these wicket keepers collected the first ball ducks to provide the very first occasion of rival wicket keepers scoring ducks in the history of T20I and also provide the very first occasion of rival wicket keepers collecting the first ball ducks in the history of T20Is

Muhammad Kaleem, SP Patil and Fahad Tariq scored ducks in UAE’s innings to provide the 11^th. 12^th and 13^th occasion of a UAE batsman scoring a zero in a T20I. It also provides the second occasion of three or more UAE batsman scoring ducks in an innings in a T20I game. The first such occasion was against Netherlands at ICCA Dubai on 03.02.15 when four UAE batsmen – Shaiman Anwar, SP Patil, Fahad Tariq and Qadeer Ahmed – failed to open their account.

Muhamma Kaleem’s duck in this game provide the third occasion of an UAE opening batsman scoring a duck in a T20I. Other two occasions are – Mohammad Shahzad vs Ireland at Abu Dhabi on 14.02.16 and Rohan Mustafa vs Sri Lanka at Dhaka on 25.02.16

Fahad Tariq of UAE was dismissed stumped without scoring in this game to provide the 32^nd occasion of a batsman suffering from such an ignominy in the history of T20Is. It also provides the first occasion of an UAE batsman dismissed stumped without scoring in a T20I

Fahad Tariq and Ahmed Raza of UAE were dismissed stumped in this game to provide the 259^th and 260^th occasion of a batsman dismissed stumped in a T20I. It also provides the first and second occasion of UAE batsmen dismissed stumped in a T20I. It also provides the 32^nd occasion of two or more batsmen dismissed stumped  in an innings of a T20I and the first such occasion for UAE.

Bangladesh won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game to provide the 14th occasion of Bangladesh doing so in T20Is. It also provides the first such occasion against India. Bangladesh won the toss, inserted the opposition and lost the game to provide the eighth occasion of Bangladesh losing a T20I under such circumstances. India on its part won its 12^th T20I game after being inserted by the opposition. India won this game by 45 tuns

RG Sharma scored 83 in this game which represents his eleventh fifty in T20Is. He now stands second in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored most fifties. V Kohli occupies the first place with 12 fifties to his credit.

RG Sharma scored 83 in this game which represents his tenth half century in T20Is. He now stands second in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored most half centuries. V Kohli occupies the first place with 12 half centuries to his credit. V Kohli and RG Sharma are the only two Indian batsmen who have scored ten or more half centuries.

RG Sharma became the seventh batsman in the history of T20Is to score eleven or more fifties. Others are – BB McCullum {15}, CH Gayle {14}, TM Dilshan {12}, V Kohli {12}, DA Warner {11} and SR Watson {11}

Yuvraj Singh completed 1000 T20I runs when he was on seven during his knock of 15 in this game. His run aggregate read 1008 at the end of this game. He became the fourth Indian batsman and 24^th overall to total 1000 plus runs in the history of T20Is. The other three Indian batsmen are – V Kohli {1223}, RG Sharma {1149} and SK Raina {1136}

RG Sharma’s run aggregate in T20Is read 1149. He now stands second in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored most runs in T20Is. V Kohli with 1223 runs to his credit occupies the first place. RG Sharma went past SK Raina who had a total of 1136 on his way to second place.

RG Sharma’s 83 in this game provide the 275^th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty in the history of T20Is. It also provides the 19^th such occasion by an Indian opening batsman. It also represents his seventh fifty in T20Is. He now shares the record for most fifties by an Indian opening batsman with G Gambhir. G Gambhir has also scored seven fifties. RG Sharma’s seven fifties contains a century and six half centuries, while G Gambhir’s seven fifties are all half centuries

RG Sharma’s aggregate in all forms of T20 games read 5505 at the end of this game. He became the 12th batsman in the history of T20 games to total 5500 runs. Others are – CH Gayle {8726}, BJ Hodge {6998}, BB McCullum {6311}, DJ Hussey {5960}, KA Pollard {5887}, SK Raina {5860}, DA Warner {5852}, Shoaib Malik {5778}, LJ Wright {5737}, DR Smith {5642} and OA Shah {5509}.

RG Sharma’s 83 in this game represent his 40^th fifty {03C plus 37HC}. He earned the distinction of becoming the fourth batsman in the history of T20 games to score 40 plus fifties. Others are – CH Gayle {71}, DA Warner {49} and DA Warner {48}. RG Sharma became the first Indian batsman to score 40 fifties. He went past G Gambhir who had scored 39 fifties.

RG Sharma was playing his 200^th T20I innings in this game and earned the distinction of becoming the 18^th batsman to play 200 innings in the history of T20Is. The following table lists all the batsmen who have played 200 T20I innings.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	KA Pollard	299	267	80	5887	89*	31.48	0	29	10
2	DJ Hussey	258	243	48	5960	100*	30.56	1	31	15
3	BJ Hodge	256	242	55	6998	106	37.42	2	46	13
4	DJ Bravo	285	239	66	4603	70*	26.60	0	17	11
5	DR Smith	243	236	21	5642	110*	26.24	3	32	19
6	RN ten Doeschate	267	236	52	5372	121*	29.19	2	23	13
7	CH Gayle	239	235	33	8726	175*	43.19	16	55	12
8	JA Morkel	285	230	85	3751	73*	25.86	0	11	12
9	LJ Wright	244	225	24	5737	153*	28.54	6	27	19
10	OA Shah	230	217	49	5509	84	32.79	0	30	11
11	BB McCullum	219	216	22	6311	158*	32.53	7	31	10
12	Shoaib Malik	225	213	58	5778	95*	37.27	0	36	6
13	SK Raina	218	207	36	5860	109*	34.26	3	33	9
14	TM Dilshan	211	207	23	4923	104*	26.75	1	32	23
15	Azhar Mahmood	225	204	45	4046	106*	25.44	2	18	11
16	RS Bopara	218	202	38	4527	105*	27.60	1	24	10
17	RG Sharma	211	200	35	5505	109*	33.36	3	37	10
18	MJ Lumb	201	200	11	4631	124*	24.50	1	24	16

RG Sharma made his 200^th T20I innings memorable by scoring 83 which gave him his 40^th fifty and also 5500 runs,

RG Sharma scored three boundary sixes in this game and took his total aggregate of boundary sixes in T20Is to 41. He now stands second in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored most sixes in T20Is. Yuvraj Singh occupies the first place with 65 boundary sixes. RG Sharma went past SK Raina who has an aggregate of 39 sixes on his way to second place. RG Sharma became the 17^th batsman in the history of T20Is to score 40 plus boundary sixes and the second Indian batsman to accomplish the feat.

Mashrafe Mortaza failed to open his account in this game to provide the 59^th occasion of a captain scoring a duck in a T20I. It also provides the third such occasion against India in a T20I

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	DJG Sammy	0	2	Win	Ind	Port of Spain	04 Jun 2011
2	GJ Bailey	0	1	Aus	Ind	Rajkot	10 Oct 2013
3	M Mortaza	0	2	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	24 Feb 2016

Mashrafe Mortaza’s duck in this game represent his second duck while leading Bangladesh in a T20I. The first occasion was against Zimbabwe at the same venue on 15.11.15. He is the only Bangladesh captain to score two ducks in a T20I and his ducks provide the two occasions of a Bangladesh captain scoring ducks in a T20I

Mashrafe Mortaza became the 14^th captain in the history of T20Is to score two or more ducks. WTS Porterfield holds the record for most ducks. He has failed to open the account on four occasions.

Mashrafe Mortaza collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 32nd occasion of a captain collecting the first ball duck in a T20I. It also provides the second such occasion by a Bangladesh captain. It was Mashrafe Mortaza on these two occasions. He became the seventh captain in the history of T20Is to score two or more first ball ducks. The following table lists all the seven captains with their performances

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Mashrafe Mortaza	0	1	1	Ban	Zim	Dhaka	15 Nov 2015
	Mashrafe Mortaza	0	1	2	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	24 Feb 2016
2	Mohammad Hafeez	0	1	2	Pak	Srl	Hambantota	01 Jun 2012
	Mohammad Hafeez	0	1	2	Pak	RSA	Dub-DSC	15 Nov 2013
3	CO Obuya	0	1	1	Ken	Can	ICCA Dubai	15 Mar 2013
	CO Obuya	0	1	2	Ken	Sco	Aberdeen	04 Jul 2013
4	WTS Porterfield	0	1	2	Ire	Afg	Dub-DSC	24 Mar 2012
	WTS Porterfield	0	1	1	Ire	Aus	Col-RPS	19 Sep 2012
	WTS Porterfield	0	1	1	Ire	Win	Col-RPs	24 Sep 2012
5	Shahid Afridi	0	1	1	Pak	Eng	Bridgetown	06 May 2010
	Shahid Afridi	0	1	1	Pak	Aus	Birmingham	05 Jul 2010
6	Sultan Ahmed	0	1	1	Oman	UAE	Abu Dhabi	22 Nov 2015
	Sultan Ahmed	0	1	2	Oman	Afg	Abu Dhabi	30 Nov 2015
	Sultan Ahmed	0	1	2	Oman	UAE	Dhaka	22 Feb 2016
7	P Utseya	0	1	1	Zim	Win	Port of Spain	28 Feb 2010
	P Utseya	0	1	1	Zim	NZl	Providence	04 May 2010

India posted a total of 166 for 6 in this game and RG Sharma’s contribution to this total was 83 – exactly 50 percent.

Mushtafizur Rehman and Mashrafe Mortza conceded 40 and 41 runs respectively in this game to provide the 82^nd occasion of two or more bowlers conceding 40 plus runs in an innings of a T20I. It also provides the fifth such occasion by Bangladesh bowlers in a T20I and also the ninth such occasion against India in a T20I

Mushtafizur Rehman returned with figures of none for 40 in this game to provide the 156^th occasion of a bowler going wicket less conceding 40 plus runs. It also provides the eighth such occasion by a Bangladesh bowler and also the 19th such occasion against India in a T20I

With two catches in this game, MS Dhoni took his aggregate of catches to 31. He now owns the record for most catches by a wicket keeper in the history of T20Is. He went past D Ramdin who had pouche 30 catches on his way to own the record.

MATCH RESULTS
No	Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Margin	Ground	Date
1	Afg	UAE	UAE	16 runs	Fatullah	19.02.16
2	HKG	Oman	Oman	5 runs	Fatullah	19.02.16
3	Afg	Oman	Afg	3 wickets	Fatullah	20.02.16
4	HKG	UAE	UAE	6 wickets	Fatullah	21.02.16
5	Afg	HKG	Afg	66 runs	Dhaka	22.02.16
6	Oman	UAE	UAE	71 runs	Dhaka	22.02.16

 

TEAM TOTALS – 100 PLUS RUNS
No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	Oman	180/05	20.0	1	v HKG	Fatullah	19.02.16
2	Afg	178/07	20.0	1	v HKG	Dhaka	22.02.16
3	UAE	176/04	20.0	1	v Afg	Fatullah	19.02.16
4	HKG	175/07	20.0	2	v Oman	Fatullah	19.02.16
5	UAE	172/06	20.0	1	v Oman	Dhaka	22.02.16
6	Afg	168/07	19.3	2	v Oman	Fatullah	20.02.16
7	Oman	165/04	20.0	1	v Afg	Fatullah	20.02.16
8	Afg	160/10	19.5	2	v UAE	Fatullah	19.02.16
9	UAE	147/04	18.3	2	v HKG	Fatullah	21.02.16
10	HKG	146/07	20.0	1	v UAE	Fatullah	21.02.16
11	HKG	112/10	17.1	2	v Afg	Dhaka	22.02.16
12	Oman	101/08	20.0	2	v UAE	Dhaka	22.02.16

 

MOST RUNS – 100 PLUS RUNS
No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	Babar Hayat	HKG	3	3	0	194	122	64.66	1	1	0	19	8
2	Zeeshan Maqsood	Oman	3	3	0	115	52	38.33	0	1	0	11	4
3	Mohd Shahzad	UAE	3	3	1	111	52	55.50	0	1	0	8	3
4	Muhammad Usman	UAE	3	3	1	110	46	55.00	0	0	0	15	2
5	Najibullah Zadran	Afg	3	3	1	104	60*	52.00	0	1	0	4	5

 

HIGH SCORES – FIFTY PLUS RUNS
No	Player	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	Babar Hayat	122	HKG	v Oman	Fatullah	19.02.16
2	Rohan Mustafa	77	UAE	v Afg	Fatullah	19.02.16
3	Karim Sadiq	72	Afg	v UAE	Fatullah	19.02.16
4	Noor Ali Zadran	63	Afg	v Oman	Fatullah	20.02.16
5	Najibullah Zadran	60*	Afg	v HKG	Dhaka	22.02.16
6	Adnan Ilyas	54	Oman	v Afg	Fatullah	20.02.16
7	Babar Hayat	54	HKG	v UAE	Fatullah	21.02.16
8	Zeeshan Maqsood	52	Oman	v Afg	Fatullah	20.02.16
9	Mohd Shahzad	52	UAE	v HKG	Fatullah	21.02.16
10	Muhammad Kaleem	50	UAE	v Oman	Dhaka	22.02.16

 

MOST WICKETS – FOUR OR MORE
No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	O	M	R	W	BBI	Ave	4	5
1	Mohd Naveed	UAE	3	3	12.0	1	57	7	3/14	8.14	0	0
2	Rashid Khan	Afg	3	3	11.0	0	71	5	3/25	14.	0	0
3	Amjad Javed	UAE	3	3	9.0	0	56	4	2/21	14.00	0	0
4	Rohan Mustafa	UAE	3	3	9.5	0	73	4	3/19	18.25	0	0
5	Nadeem Ahmed	HKG	3	3	12.0	1	77	4	3/27	19.25	0	0
6	Mohd Nabi	Afg	3	3	12.0	0	83	4	4/17	20.75	1	0
7	Aamir Kaleem	Oman	3	3	10.0	0	84	4	4/36	21.00	1	0
8	Bilal Khan	Oman	3	3	11.0	0	91	4	3/33	22.75	0	0
9	Aizaz Khan	HKG	3	3	11.3	0	108	4	3/38	27.00	0	0

 

THREE OR MORE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS
No	Player	O	M	R	W	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	Mohd Nabi	4.0	0	17	4	Afg	v HKG	Dhaka	22.02.16
2	Aamir Kaleem	4.0	0	36	4	Oman	v UAE	Dhaka	22.02.16
3	Mohd Naveed	4.0	0	14	3	UAE	v HKG	Fatullah	21.02.16
4	Mehran Khan	4.0	0	18	3	Oman	v Afg	Fatullah	20.02.16
5	Rohan Mustafa	2.5	0	19	3	UAE	v Afg	Fatullah	19.02.16
6	Rashid Khan	4.0	0	25	3	Afg	v UAE	Fatullah	19.02.16
7	Nadeem Ahmed	4.0	0	27	3	HKG	v Oman	Fatullah	19.02.16
8	Bilal Khan	4.0	0	33	3	Oman	v Afg	Fatullah	20.02.16
9	Aizaz Khan	4.0	0	38	3	HKG	v Afg	Dhaka	22.02.16

 

MOST RUNS CONCEDED IN AN INNINGS – FORTY PLUS RUNS
No	Player	O	M	R	W	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	Zeeshan Maqsood	4.0	0	54	1	Oman	v HKG	Fatullah	19.02.16
2	AV Lalcheta	3.3	0	43	1	Oman	v Afg	Fatullah	20.02.16
3	M Ansari	4.0	0	40	0	Oman	v Afg	Fatullah	20.02.16

 

FIFTY PLUS RUNS PARTNERSHIPS
No	Partners	Runs	Wkt	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	Muhammad Kaleem, Mohd Shahzad	86	2nd	UAE	v Oman	Dhaka	22.02.16
2	Rohan Mustafa, Muhammad Kaleem	83	1st	UAE	v Afg	Fatullah	19.02.16
3	Mohd Shahzad, Muhammad Usman	79	3rd	UAE	v HKG	Fatullah	21.02.16
4	Zeeshan Maqsood, Jatinder Singh	72	1st	Oman	v Afg	Fatullah	20.02.16
5	Babar Hayat, MS Chapman	62	3rd	HKG	v UAE	Fatullah	21.02.16
6	Noor Ali Zadran, Najibullah Zadran	59	5th	Afg	v Oman	Fatullah	20.02.16
7	Anshuman Rath, Babar Hayat	58	2nd	HKG	v Oman	Fatullah	19.02.16
8	Anshuman Rath, KD Shah	56	1st	HKG	v Afg	Dhaka	22.02.16
9	Noor Ali Zadran, Asghar Stanikzai	54	2nd	Afg	v Oman	Fatullah	20.02.16
10	Mehran Khan, Amir Ali	50*	6th	Oman	v HKG	Fatullah	19.02.16

 

POINTS TABLE – QUALIFYING GROUP
Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
UAE	3	3	0	0	0	6	+1.678	495/58.3	407/60.0
Afghanistan	3	2	1	0	0	4	+0.954	506/59.3	453/60.0
Oman	3	1	2	0	0	2	-1.222	446/60.0	515/59.3
Hong Kong	3	0	3	0	0	0	-1.416	433/60.0	505/58.3

QUALIFIYING TEAM FOR THE MAIN DRAW

United Arab Emirates {UAE} qualified for the main draw. It won all its three matches of the qualifying round and earned six points. It had a net run rate of +1.678. It scored 495 runs in 58.3 over and conceded 407 runs while bowling 60.0 overs

The fixtures of the main draw is furnished below. Hosts Bangladesh will meet India on Feb 24, 2016 at Dhaka. The Match starts at 7;30 IST and 13:30 GMT. The Final is slated for Mar 06, 2016 at Dhaka.

The Match starts at 7;30 IST and 13:30 GMT. Hosts Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Qualifying team UAE will play each other in the main draw. Each team will play four matches. The finalists will be decided on the points they get. If Points are equal, then it will be decided on the net run rate. All the matches of the main draw will be played at Dhaka. India’s games in the main draw are highlighted in blue

 

FIZTURES OF THE MAIN DRAW

1st Match: Bangladesh v India at Dhaka – Feb 24, 2016

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

2nd Match: Sri Lanka v United Arab Emirates at Dhaka – Feb 25, 2016

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

3rd Match: Bangladesh v United Arab Emirates at Dhaka – Feb 26, 2016

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

4th Match: India v Pakistan at Dhaka – Feb 27, 2016

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

5th Match: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Dhaka – Feb 28, 2016

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

6th Match: Pakistan v United Arab Emirates at Dhaka – Feb 29, 2016

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

7th Match: India v Sri Lanka at Dhaka – Mar 01, 2016

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

8th Match: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka – Mar 02, 2016

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

9th Match: India v United Arab Emirates at Dhaka – Mar 03, 2016

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

10th Match: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Dhaka – Mar 04, 2016

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

Final: TBA v TBA at Dhaka – Mar 06, 2016

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

 

 

Qualifying Group, 4th Match: Hong Kong v United Arab Emirates at Fatullah – Feb 21, 2016. Hong Kong 146/7 (20/20 ov); United Arab Emirates 147/4 (18.3/20 ov). United Arab Emirates won by 6 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)

Babar Hayat’ of Hong Kong scored 54 in this game and earned the distinction of becoming the only batsman  to score two fifties – a century and a half century. He had scored 122 in the match against Oman at Fatullah on 19.02.16.

Mohammd Naveed of UAE returned with figures of 3 for 14 in this game to provide the best bowling figures in the matches played so far in the tournament.  The previous best was 3 for 18 by Mehran Khan of Oman against Afghanistan at Fatullah on 20.02.16

Qualifying Group, 5th Match: Afghanistan v Hong Kong at Dhaka – Feb 22, 2016. Afghanistan 178/7 (20/20 ov); Hong Kong 112 (17.1/20 ov). Afghanistan won by 66 runs

Babar Hayat of Hong Kong owns the record for most runs {194}, most boundary fours {19} and most boundary sixes {08} of this tournament.

Hong Kong became the second team to be dismissed all out. The first team was Afghanistan. Afghanistan was dismissed for 160 by UAE in the inaugural game at Fatullah on 19.02.16. Thus Hong Kong’s 112 in this game represents the lowest total in a completed innings.

Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan became the first bowler to capture four wickets.  He returned with figures of 4.0-0-17-4 in this game. His figures represent the best bowling figures in the qualifying round.

Afghanistan won this game by 66 runs to provide the first occasion of a team winning by 50 plus runs margin.

Qualifying Group, 6th Match: Oman v United Arab Emirates at Dhaka – Feb 22, 2016. United Arab Emirates 172/6 (20/20 ov); Oman 101/8 (20/20 ov). United Arab Emirates won by 71 runs

UAE won this game by 71 runs to provide the second occasion of a team winning a game by 50 plus runs margin. It also represents the win by largest margin by runs. Omans’ 101 for 8 in this game represent the lowest total by a team.

Aamir Kaleem of Oman captured 4 for 36 in this game to provide the second occasion of a bowler capturing four wickets in the tournament. The first such occasion was Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan who had returned with figures of 4.0-0-17-4 against Hong Kong at Dhaka on 22.02.16. Aamir Kaleem became the first bowler in the tournament to witness his four wicket haul in a losing cause.

Qualifying Group, 1st Match: Afghanistan v United Arab Emirates at Fatullah – Feb 19, 2016. United Arab Emirates 176/4 (20/20 ov); Afghanistan 160 (19.5/20 ov) – United Arab Emirates won by 16 runs

This game has been numbered as 501st T20I in the history of T20 Internationals. Prior to  this 500 T20Is have been played.

Afghanistan and UAE became the first two teams to play the first Asis Cup 2016 T20 tournament. UAE became the first team to win a game In Asia Cup 2016 T20 tournament while Afghanistan earned the dubious distinction of becoming the first team to lose a game in Asia Cup 2016 T20 tournament

Dawlat Zardan of Afghanistan earned the honour of delivering the first ball in the tournament, while Rohan Mustafa earned the honour of facing the first of the tournament

Amjad Javed – the UAE Captain – won the toss in this inaugural game and opted to bat first. Asgar Stanikzai was the Afghanistan captain. The rival wicket keepers were SP Patil for UAE and Mohammad Shahzad for Afghanistan

Rohan Mustafa scored the first boundary four and also the first boundary six of the tournament while the first wicket was captured by Rashid Khan of Afghanistan who had the wicket of UAE opener Mohammad Khaleem for 25

The first 50 plus runs partnership of the tournament was posted by UAE openers Roshan Mustafa and Mohammd Khalim who added 83 runs for the first wicket

The credit of scoring the first half century of the tournament befell on Roshan Mustafa of UAE who scored 77 off 50 deliveries in a stay of 58 minutes with the help of seven boundary fours and four boundary sixes.

Rashid Khan of Afghanistan became the first bowler in the tournament to capture three wickets. He returned with figures of 4.0-0-25-3 in this game.

Najibullah Zadran of Afghanistan became the first batsman to be dismissed run out in the tournament. He was dismissed run out for 21 in this game. Amir Hamza of Afghanistan became the first batsman to be dismissed stumped in the tournament. He was dismissed stumped by SP Patil off Rohan Mustafa for  4 in this game

Afghanistan became the first team in the tournament to be dismissed all out. It was dismissed all out for 160 in 19.5 overs

The first occasion of a batsman’s fifty in a losing cause in the tournament was witnessed in this game. Afghanistan batsman Karim Sadiq scored 72 in this game, but his team ended up as a losing side

Roshan Mustafa scored 77 and captured 3 for 29 to provide the first occasion of an all-round performance of the tournament – 50 coupled with three wickets

Qualifying Group, 2nd Match: Hong Kong v Oman at Fatullah – Feb 19, 2016 – Oman 180/5 (20/20 ov); Hong Kong 175/7 (20/20 ov) – Oman won by 5 runs

Babar Hayat of Hong Kong scored the first century of the tournament when he made 122 in this game. His knock came in 60 deliveries with nine  boundary four and seven boundary sixes. Babar Hayat became the first batsman to score five or more boundary sixes in the tournament in the game played so far. 

His century provides the first occasion of a batsman’s century going in vain as Hong Kong lost the game by five runs

KD Shah of Hong Kong earned the dubious distinction of scoring the first duck of the tournament when he failed to open his account in this game. As he opened the innings he became the first opening batsman to score a duck in the tournament. Nizakat Khan of Hong Kong became the first batsman in the tournament to collect the first ball duck.

Zeeshan Maqsood of Oman became the first bowler in the tournament to be honoured with a “Bowler’s fifty”. He returned with figures of 4.0-0-54-1 in this game. As on date he is credit with the tag of most expensive bowler in terms of runs conceded in the tournament

Qualifying Group, 3rd Match: Afghanistan v Oman at Fatullah – Feb 20, 2016 – Oman 165/4 (20/20 ov); Afghanistan 168/7 (19.3/20 ov) – Afghanistan won by 3 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

Zeeahan Maqsood of Oman became the first batsman and also the first opening batsman in the tournament to be dismissed stumped after scoring a fifty. He was dismissed stumped after scoring 52 in this game.

Oman became the first team in the tournament to have two batsmen scoring fifties in an innings. Zeeshan Maqsood and Adnan Ilyas score 52 and 54 respectively in this game

This game witnessed the first occasion of rival opening batsmen scoring fifties in the tournament. Zeeshen Maqsood of Oman scored 52 and Noor Ali Zadran of Afghanistan scored 63 in this game.

This game witnessed the first occasion of two bowlers conceding 40 plus runs in the same innings.  AV Lalchta and M Ansari of Oman leaked 43 and 40 runs in this fame. M Ansari with his figures of none for 40 became the first bowler to leak 40 plus runs without a wicket in the tournament.

Mehran Khan of Oman with his 3 for 18 has the best bowling figures in the tournament matches played so far. The previous best was Roshan Mustafa’s 3 for 19 in the opening fixture of the tournament between UAE and Afghanistan at Fatulla on 19.02.16.