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{{hatnote|All times are in [[Bangladesh Standard Time]] ([[UTC+06:00]]).}}
{{main|2014 ICC World Twenty20}}

Play in the '''Group stage of the [[2014 ICC World Twenty20]]''' took place from 16 March to 21 March 2014.

==Group A==
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=CricketRR
|update=complete
|section=A
|source=[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/world-t20-2013-14-628368/points-table-standings ESPN Cricinfo]
|show_tie=no

|team1=BAN |team2=NEP |team3=AFG |team4=HKG
|result1=Q

|win_AFG=1 |loss_AFG=2 |nrr_AFG=-0.981
|win_BAN=2 |loss_BAN=1 |nrr_BAN=1.466
|win_HKG=1 |loss_HKG=2 |nrr_HKG=-1.455
|win_NEP=2 |loss_NEP=1 |nrr_NEP=0.933

|name_AFG={{cr|AFG|2013}}
|name_BAN={{cr|BAN}}
|name_HKG={{cr|HKG}}
|name_NEP={{cr|NEP}}

|col_Q=green1
}}</onlyinclude>

===Matches===
{{Limited overs matches | date = {{anchor|match1}} 16 March | day = yes | time = 15:30 | team1 = {{cr-rt|Afghanistan|2013}} | team2 = {{cr|Bangladesh}}
| score1 = 72 (17.1 overs)
| score2 = 78/1 (12 overs)
| runs1 = [[Gulbodin Naib]] 21 (22)
| wickets1 =[[Shakib Al Hasan]] 3/8 (3.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Anamul Haque]] 44* (33)
| wickets2 = [[Samiullah Shenwari]] 1/14 (3 overs)
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
| toss = Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = [[Shakib Al Hasan]] (Ban)
| umpires = [[Nigel Llong]] (Eng) and [[Richard Illingworth]] (Eng)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2014/engine/match/682897.html Scorecard]
| result = Bangladesh won by 9 wickets
|notes= [[Najeeb Tarakai]] (Afg) made his T20I debut.
*''72 all out is the lowest total for Afghanistan in T20Is and is the lowest total against Bangladesh in T20Is by any team.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/afghanistan/engine/records/team/lowest_innings_totals.html?class=3;id=40;type=team|title=Afghanistan / Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Lowest totals}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh/engine/records/team/lowest_innings_totals.html?class=3;id=25;type=opposition|title=v Bangladesh / Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Lowest totals}}</ref>
* ''Victory by 9 Wickets with 48 balls remaining is the largest victory for Bangladesh in T20Is for both the "by wickets" and "by balls" remaining margins''.<ref name="Largest">{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh/engine/records/team/largest_margins.html?class=3;id=25;type=team|title=Bangladesh / Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Largest victories}}</ref>
* ''Losing by 9 Wickets with 48 balls remaining is the largest loss for Afghanistan in T20Is for both the "by wickets" and "by balls" remaining margins''.<ref name="Lowest">{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/afghanistan/engine/records/team/largest_margins.html?class=3;id=40;type=opposition|title= v Afghanistan / Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Largest victories}}</ref><ref name="espncricinfo1">{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/world-t20/engine/records/team/lowest_innings_totals.html?id=89;type=trophy|title= World T20 / Records / Lowest totals}}</ref><ref name="espncricinfo2">{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/world-t20/content/records/283172.html|title= Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Team records / Lowest innings totals}}</ref>
}}
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{{Limited overs matches | date = {{anchor|match2}} 16 March | daynight = yes | time = 19:30 | team1 = {{cr-rt|Nepal}} | team2 ={{cr|Hong Kong}}
| score1 = 149/8 (20 overs)
| score2 = 69 (17 overs)
| runs1 = [[Gyanendra Malla]] 48 (41)
| wickets1 = [[Haseeb Amjad]] 3/25 (4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Babar Hayat]] 20 (25)
| wickets2 =[[Shakti Gauchan]] 3/9 (4 overs)
| venue = [[Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium]], [[Chittagong]]
| toss = Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = [[Shakti Gauchan]] (Nep)
| umpires =  [[Aleem Dar]] (Pak) and [[Rod Tucker]] (Aus)
| report =   [http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2014/engine/match/682899.html Scorecard]
| result = Nepal won by 80 runs
| notes = 1st T20I for both Nepal and Hong Kong
* ''[[Najeeb Amar]] is the oldest debutant in T20I.'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283460.html|title=Records / Twenty20 Internationaals / Individual records (captains, players, umpires) / Oldest players on debut}}</ref>
* ''Paras Khadka got a wicket in his 1st ball in T20I'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/530931.html|title=Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Bowling records / Wicket with first ball in career}}</ref>
* ''69 all out is the second lowest total in ICC World Twenty20 history and the 5th lowest total in Twenty20 International history.''<ref name="espncricinfo1"/><ref name="espncricinfo2"/>
}}
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{{Limited overs matches | date = {{anchor|match5}} 18 March | day = yes | time = 15:30 | team1 = {{cr-rt|Hong Kong}} | team2 = {{cr|Afghanistan|2013}}
| score1 = 153/8 (20 overs)
| score2 = 154/3 (18 overs)
| runs1 = [[Mark Chapman (cricketer)|Mark Chapman]] 38 (43)
| wickets1 = [[Shapoor Zadran|Zadran]], [[Mohammad Nabi|Nabi]] 2/27 (4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mohammad Shahzad]] 68 (53)
| wickets2 = [[Tanwir Afzal]]  1/19 (3 overs)
| venue = [[Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium]], [[Chittagong]]
| toss = Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm = [[Mohammad Shahzad]] (Afg)
| umpires = [[S. Ravi (umpire)|S.Ravi]] (Ind) and [[Paul Reiffel]] (Aus)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2014/engine/match/682905.html Scorecard]
| result = Afghanistan won by 7 wickets
| notes = Hong Kong were eliminated as a result of this match
}}
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{{Limited overs matches | date = {{anchor|match6}} 18 March | daynight = yes | time = 19:30 | team1 = {{cr-rt|Nepal}} | team2 = {{cr|Bangladesh}}
| score1 = 126/5 (20 overs)
| score2 = 132/2 (15.3 overs)
| runs1 =[[Paras Khadka]] 41 (35)
| wickets1 =[[Al-Amin Hossain]] 2/17 (4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Anamul Haque]] 42 (33)
| wickets2 = [[Basanta Regmi]] 1/14 (3 overs)
| venue = [[Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium]], [[Chittagong]]
| toss = Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = [[Al-Amin Hossain]] (Ban)
| umpires = [[Rod Tucker]] (Aus) and [[Aleem Dar]] (Pak)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2014/engine/match/682907.html Scorecard]
| result = Bangladesh won by 8 wickets
}}
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{{Limited overs matches | date = {{anchor|match6}} 20 March | day = yes | time = 15:30 | team1 = {{cr-rt|NEP}} | team2 = {{cr|AFG|2013}}
| score1 = 141/5 (20 overs)
| score2 = 132/8 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Subash Khakurel]] 56 (53)
| wickets1 = [[Shapoor Zadran]] 2/19 (4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Asghar Stanikzai]] 49 (36)
| wickets2 = [[Jitendra Mukhiya]] 3/18 (4 overs)
| venue = [[Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium]], [[Chittagong]]
| toss = Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = [[Jitendra Mukhiya]] (Nep)
| umpires = [[S. Ravi (umpire)|S.Ravi]] (Ind) and [[Aleem Dar]] (Pak)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2014/engine/match/682913.html Scorecard]
| result = Nepal won by 9 runs
| notes =Afghanistan were eliminated as a result of this match
}}
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{{Limited overs matches | date = {{anchor|match10}} 20 March | daynight = yes | time = 19:30 | team1 = {{cr-rt|Bangladesh}} | team2 = {{cr|Hong Kong}}
| score1 = 108 (16.3 overs)
| score2 = 114/8 (19.4 overs)
| runs1 = [[Shakib Al Hasan]] 34 (27)
| wickets1 = [[Nadeem Ahmed]] 4/21 (3.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Munir Dar (cricketer, born 1974)|Munir Dar]] 36 (27)
| wickets2 = [[Shakib Al Hasan]] 3/9 (4 overs)
| venue = [[Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium]], [[Chittagong]]
| toss = Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = [[Nadeem Ahmed]] (HK)
| umpires = [[Rod Tucker]] (Aus) and [[Paul Reiffel]] (Aus)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2014/engine/match/682915.html Scorecard]
| result = Hong Kong won by 2 wickets
| notes =Bangladesh qualified for the Super Ten and Nepal were eliminated as a result of this match.
* ''1st victory in International cricket for Hong Kong.''
}}

==Group B==
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=CricketRR
|update=complete
|section=B
|source=[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/world-t20-2013-14-628368/points-table-standings ESPN Cricinfo]
|show_tie=no

|team1=NED |team2=ZIM |team3=IRE |team4=UAE
|result1=Q

|win_IRE=2 |loss_IRE=1 |nrr_IRE=-0.701
|win_NED=2 |loss_NED=1 |nrr_NED=1.109
|win_UAE=0 |loss_UAE=3 |nrr_UAE=-1.541
|win_ZIM=2 |loss_ZIM=1 |nrr_ZIM=0.957

|name_IRE={{cr|IRE}}
|name_NED={{cr|NED}}
|name_UAE={{cr|UAE}}
|name_ZIM={{cr|ZIM}}

|col_Q=green1
}}</onlyinclude>

===Matches===
{{Limited overs matches | date = {{anchor|match3}} 17 March | day = yes | time = 15:30 | team1 = {{cr-rt|Zimbabwe}} | team2 = {{cr|Ireland}}
| score1 = 163/5 (20 overs)
| score2 = 164/7 (20 overs)
| runs1 =[[Brendan Taylor]] 59 (46)
| wickets1 = [[George Dockrell]] 2/18 (4 overs)
| runs2 =[[Paul Stirling]] 60 (34)
| wickets2 = [[Tinashe Panyangara]] 4/37 (4 overs)
| venue = [[Sylhet Divisional Stadium]], [[Sylhet]]
| toss = Ireland won the toss and chose to field.
| motm = [[Paul Stirling]] (Ire)
| umpires =  [[Steve Davis (umpire)|Steve Davis]] (Aus) and [[Marais Erasmus]] (SA)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2014/engine/match/682901.html Scorecard]
| result = Ireland won by 3 wickets
|notes= 1st T20I between the two teams
* ''Closest victory for Ireland in terms of wickets and balls remaining in all T20I''
* ''Closest defeat for Zimbabwe in terms of wickets and balls remaining in all T20I''
}}
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{{Limited overs matches | date = {{anchor|match4}} 17 March | daynight = yes | time = 19:30 | team1 = {{cr-rt|United Arab Emirates}} | team2 = {{cr|Netherlands}}
| score1 = 151 (19.5 overs)
| score2 = 152/4 (18.5 overs)
| runs1 = [[Shaiman Anwar]] 32 (19)
| wickets1 = [[Ahsan Malik (cricketer)|Ahsan Malik]] 3/16 (3.5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Stephan Myburgh]] 55 (36)
| wickets2 = [[Kamran Shazad]] 2/19 (4 overs)
| venue = [[Sylhet Divisional Stadium]], [[Sylhet]]
| toss = United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm = [[Tom Cooper (cricketer)|Tom Cooper]] (Ned)
| umpires = [[Billy Bowden]] (NZ) and [[Ian Gould]] (Eng)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2014/engine/match/682903.html Scorecard]
| result = Netherlands won by 6 wickets
| notes= 1st T20I for United Arab Emirates
}}
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{{Limited overs matches | date = {{anchor|match7}} 19 March | day = yes | time = 15:30 | team1 = {{cr-rt|Netherlands}} | team2 = {{cr|Zimbabwe}}
| score1 = 140/5 (20 overs)
| score2 = 146/5 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Tom Cooper (cricketer)|Tom Cooper]] 72 (58)
| wickets1 = [[Prosper Utseya]] 2/24 (4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Brendan Taylor]] 49 (39)
| wickets2 = [[Pieter Seelaar]] 2/9 (2 overs)
| venue = [[Sylhet Divisional Stadium]], [[Sylhet]]
| toss = Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm = [[Brendan Taylor]] (Zim)
| umpires = [[Steve Davis (umpire)|Steve Davis]] (Aus) and [[Bruce Oxenford]] (Aus)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2014/engine/match/682909.html Scorecard]
| result = Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets
}}
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{{Limited overs matches | date = {{anchor|match8}} 19 March | daynight = yes | time = 19:30 | team1 = {{cr-rt|United Arab Emirates}} | team2 = {{cr|Ireland}}
| score1 =123/6 (20 overs)
| score2 = 103/3 (14.2 overs)
| runs1 = [[Shaiman Anwar]] 30 (28)
| wickets1 = [[Paul Stirling]] 2/12 (3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ed Joyce]] 43 (38)
| wickets2 = [[Sharif Asadullah]] 2/21 (3 overs)
| venue = [[Sylhet Divisional Stadium]], [[Sylhet]]
| toss = Ireland won the toss and elected to field
| motm = [[Ed Joyce]] (Ire)
| umpires = [[Marais Erasmus]] (SA) and [[Ian Gould]] (Eng)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2014/engine/match/682911.html Scorecard]
| result = Ireland won by 21 runs ([[Duckworth–Lewis method|D/L method]])
| notes = United Arab Emirates were eliminated as a result of this match
| rain = Play was interrupted by floodlight failure and eventually stopped by rain after 14.2 overs during Ireland's innings. Their par score was 82 runs according to the [[Duckworth–Lewis method]].
}}
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{{Limited overs matches | date = {{anchor|match11}} 21 March | day = yes | time = 11:30 | team1 = {{cr-rt|United Arab Emirates}} | team2 = {{cr|Zimbabwe}}
| score1 =116/9 (20 overs)
| score2 = 118/5 (13.4 overs)
| runs1 = [[Swapnil Patil]] 30 (26)
| wickets1 = [[Sean Williams (cricketer)|Sean Williams]] 3/15 (4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Elton Chigumbura]] 53* (21)
| wickets2 = [[Manjula Guruge]] 2/18 (4 overs)
| venue = [[Sylhet Divisional Stadium]], [[Sylhet]]
| toss = Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field
| motm = [[Elton Chigumbura]] (Zim)
| umpires = [[Billy Bowden]] (NZ) and [[Bruce Oxenford]] (Aus)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2014/engine/match/682917.html Scorecard]
| result = Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets
}}
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{{Limited overs matches | date = {{anchor|match12}} 21 March | day = yes | time = 15:30 | team1 = {{cr-rt|Ireland}} | | team2 = {{cr|Netherlands}}
| score1 =189/4 (20 overs)
| score2 = 193/4 (13.5 overs)
| runs1 =[[Andrew Poynter]] 57 (38)
| wickets1 =[[Ahsan Malik (cricketer)|Ahsan Malik]] 2/26 (4 overs)
| runs2 =[[Stephan Myburgh]] 63 (23)
| wickets2 =[[Kevin O'Brien (cricketer)|Kevin O'Brien]] 2/29 (3 overs)
| venue = [[Sylhet Divisional Stadium]], [[Sylhet]]
| toss = Netherlands won the toss and elected to field
| motm = [[Stephan Myburgh]] (Ned)
| umpires = [[Steve Davis (umpire)|Steve Davis]] (Aus) and [[Ian Gould]] (Eng)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2014/engine/match/682919.html Scorecard]
| result = Netherlands won by 6 wickets
| notes = To qualify for the Super Ten, Netherlands had to win in 14.2 overs or less.
* ''Netherlands qualified for the Super Ten and Zimbabwe and Ireland were eliminated as a result of this match''
}}

==See also==
* [[2014 ICC World Twenty20 Super 10s]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.icc-cricket.com/world-t20 Official 2014 ICC World Twenty20 site]

{{2014 ICC World Twenty20}}

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