Pakistan to bat against Sri Lanka in T20 match

30 Jul, 2015

COLOMBO: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi won the toss and elected to bat in the first Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka at the Premadasa stadium in Colombo on Thursday.

Pakistan are looking to win the two-match series to complete a triple on the current tour, having clinched the Tests 2-1 and the one-dayers 3-2.

Pakistan: Shahid Afridi (capt), Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Mukhtar Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Rizwan, Sohail Tanvir, Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Irfan.

Sri Lanka: Lasith Malinga (capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kusal Perera, Kithuruwan Vithanage, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Chamara Kapugedera, Thisara Perera, Jeffrey Vandersay, Binura Fernando, Milinda Siriwardana.

Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SRI) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI)

TV umpire: Raveendra Wimalasiri (SRI)

Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2015

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