Sri Lanka and Bangladesh cricketers skip training as smog descends on Delhi

Sri Lanka wear masks as players with asthma sit out practiceAir quality an alarming 460 before Monday’s World Cup game

Sri Lanka cricketers arrived at training for their game against Bangladesh in face masks, while players with asthma from either team stayed indoors amid poor air quality in smog-shrouded Delhi.

Both teams had already cancelled one practice session in the build up to Monday’s group-stage match between eliminated Bangladesh and seventh-placed Sri Lanka, who have only the slimmest of chances of reaching the last four.

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