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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry L" data-source="post: 18205937" data-attributes="member: 260809">Breaking News:-  2016 Asia Cup to be played in the T20 format  For the 1st time in the tournament’s history, we will be witnessing it  being played in the T20 format. The outgoing Asian Cricket Council chief  executive Syed Ashraful Haq confirmed the news to Cricket Australia  while also revealing that there would be two associate teams playing  alongside the regular teams Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.  The 2014 edition saw Afghanistan take part in the tournament, and next  year they could be joined by one among Nepal, Hong Kong or the UAE. He  also revealed that the hosts haven’t been decided yet.  The  primary reason behind the switch in the format is because of the T20  World Cup next year which will be played in India. The tournament will  once again go back to the 50 over format in 2018 ahead of the 2019 World  Cup and then revert back to the T20 format in 2020 ahead of the T20  World Cup in Australia. "As there is a World Twenty20 tournament  in 2016, the Asia Cup next year will also be of Twenty20 Internationals  in February or March. The host country has not been decided yet,” he  said. "There may be one or two teams from Associate nations as  well," Haq added. "They could join India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri  Lanka in the main tournament after playing a qualifying round. The year  2020 will again see the tournament in Twenty20 format and there will be  another ODI (50-over) Asia Cup in 2022." So far, the Asia Cup has  been held twice in the Test format and 12 times in the ODI format (with  India and Sri Lanka winning 5 each). Sri Lanka won last year’s  tournament defeating Pakistan in the final.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=908605149198268&set=gm.953922127997446&type=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/p280x280/1549250_908605149198268_5044983477608006195_n.jpg?oh=e8844be381dc185620405188096dc867&oe=55DEA758&__gda__=1436435569_a1acf38081449f194f51d1666307ccaf" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=908605149198268&set=gm.953922127997446&type=1" target="_blank"></a></blockquote>

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