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Update: 2016-02-18 08:23:00
Asia Cup 1st qualifier Friday

DHAKA: Afghanistan will take on United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the first qualifier of the upcoming Asia Cup 2016 at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadum (KSOAS) in Fatullah on Friday (February 19).

The 20-over match will begin at 1:30pm.

Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Oman and UAE will compete for the lone spot in the main round featuring the four Asian Test nations.

All six qualifiers will be held at KSOAS in Narayanganj between February 19 and 22.
   
The 13th edition of the Asia Cup, arranged by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), will commence from February 24 and end on   March 06.

Bangladesh is hosting the event for the fifth time.

This year’s event will be played using the Twenty20 format for the first time.

The participating teams are Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India and a qualifier.

All matches will be held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur.

Bangladesh
Masrafe Bin Mortaza, Imrul Kayes, Soumya Sarker, Md Mithun, Mahmud Ullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shabbir Rahaman, Nasir Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Mustafizur Rahman, Al–Amin Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Abu Hider Roni

India
Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, Pawan Negi, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan

Pakistan
Shahid Afridi (Captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Sarfaraz Ahmed (Vice-Captain/WK), Babar Azam, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Irfan, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Nawaz, Khurram Manzoor and Rumman Rais

Sri Lanka
Angelo Mathews (c),  Dinesh Chandimal (vc), Chathuranga de Silva, Mahela Jayawardene, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis, Kusal Perera (wk), Thisara Perera, Dhammika Prasad, Ashan Priyanjan, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Sachithra Senanayake, Lahiru Thirimanne

BDST: 1925 HRS, FEB 18, 2016
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