Lankans face struggling Hong Kong

Sri Lanka will take on struggling Hong Kong at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium today, hoping to carry their momentum with another win in the group stage of the ongoing Asia Cup.

The Lankans started the tournament with a bang, beating Bangladesh by a convincing margin of six wickets with 32 balls to spare. The win not only helped them leapfrog the Tigers to second place in the points table but also boosted their net run rate to 2.595.

With Hong Kong already suffering heavy defeats in both their matches against Afghanistan and Bangladesh, they still have a mathematical possibility of going through. But Sri Lanka will be eyeing another big win against the Associate nation, which could propel them to the top with a better net run rate than Afghanistan's 4.700.

All these equations mean Bangladesh would not only need to beat Afghanistan by a big margin tomorrow in Abu Dhabi but also hope Rashid Khan and Co suffer a defeat against the Lankans in their final group game to leave the Tigers with a chance of progressing as one of the two best teams from Group B.

Meanwhile, in Group A, UAE will face Oman in tomorrow's other match in Abu Dhabi.