Bangladesh Cricket Board President Nazmul Hassan confirmed on his return
from the meeting on Wednesday night that the country will organise the
competition for the third successive time.
The BCB chief said it was an unanimous decision.
All
the countries agreed when Pakistan proposed Bangladesh as hosts for the
competition, which is likely to be held in February-March next year.
India
was ahead in the race for arranging the 13th edition of the
competition. But Hassan had earlier hinted that the 2016 Asia Cup would
be held in Bangladesh if India decided otherwise.
Bangladesh, who
also hosted the 2012 and 2014 editions, will organise the tournament
for a record fifth time ahead of Sri Lanka, who hosted it four times.
The competition was held twice in the United Arab Emirates while India and Pakistan hosted it once each.
In
April, the ACC announced that the Asia Cup would be held in T20 and
one-day formats alternatively in accordance with World Twenty20s and
World Cups.
With India hosting the World T20 later in 2016, next
year's tournament will be in the shorter format for the first time while
the 2018 edition will be played in one-day format with the World Cup in
2019.
The competition will comprise five teams like the 2014
edition, with one playing qualifiers to earn the right to join the four
Test-playing nations.
Hosts UAE, Afghanistan, Hong Kong and Oman will play the qualifiers next month.
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