Bangladesh, Sri Lanka brace for high-stakes Asia Cup clash

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will take on each other in Abu Dhabi on Saturday in what already feels like a knockout. With Afghanistan lurking in Group B of the ongoing Asia Cup, a defeat here means the loser is staring at a messy qualification route. There is plenty of history between the two. Over the past decade, they’ve split their 16 T20Is, eight wins each. Bangladesh have held the edge lately. They won a T20 World Cup game in Dallas last year and beat Sri Lanka 2-1 in Colombo in July. In both series, Bangladesh’s bowlers were on top early, grabbing wickets before the Lankan batting could breathe. Bangladesh looked sharp in their opener against Hong Kong. The quicks set...