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Message: <blockquote data-quote="prasannaf" data-source="post: 16111495" data-attributes="member: 372">Sri Lanka offer to host Asia Cup, World T20        ESPNcricinfo staff    January 3, 2014 <img src="http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/175600/175657.2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />               Political turmoil has put Bangladesh's status as a host nation in doubt              © BCB                                 Sri Lanka have offered to host this year's Asia Cup and the World Twenty20 as an alternative to Bangladesh, the scheduled hosts.    Bangladesh's right to host both events is in danger following violence  caused by political strikes and blockades in the country.  In December,  the West Indies Under-19 team pulled out of their tour and returned home  after an <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/current/story/698493.html" target="_blank">explosion</a> near the team hotel in Chittagong.    As a result, there is some early anxiety over the year's first  international fixture in the country, a bilateral series against Sri  Lanka this month, which starts on January 27. The Asia Cup is to be held  between February 24 and March 7, with the World T20 starting nine days  later.     Sri Lanka Cricket said that while it is ready to host the two events at  short notice, their own tour to Bangladesh hinges on security advice.     "We are ready to host the Asia Cup if the ACC wants another venue," SLC secretary Nishantha Ranatunga told AFP.  "We have the grounds and the necessary infrastructure to host an event  like that at short notice. We are also ready to host the World Twenty20  if we are asked."      An Asian Cricket Council (ACC) meeting in Colombo on Saturday will  discuss the security situation in Bangladesh, with the BCB having  prepared a detailed security report for the regional body.     The Pakistan Cricket Board, meanwhile, has also said it will seek its  government's directive regarding a trip to Bangladesh, after a protest  group tried to march towards the Pakistan High Commission late last  month.</blockquote>

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