Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs Pakistan
Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and opted to bowl against Pakistan in Pallekele. Sri Lanka are out of the race for the semi-finals but Pakistan can make it provided they win by about 64 runs.
“We would have bowled first definitely,” Pakistan captain Salman Agha said. “There’s no way we can do that while batting first. But now we need to put up a good total and restrict them.
“It’s a massive opportunity. We just need to play a perfect game. We have to bat well, bowl well and field well.”
Pakistan made three changes. They left out Babar Azam, Saim Ayub and Salman Mirza and brought in Khawaja Nafay, Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed.
“It’s a good pitch and there could be dew later on,” Shanaka said. “We need to do our basics right. We didn’t do that in the last two games but we need to make it right here.”
Sri Lanka made two changes. They brought in Kamil Mishara for the injured Kusal Mendis, and Janith Liyanage came in for Dushan Hemantha.
Sri Lanka: 1 Pathum Nissanka, 2 Kamil Mishara (wk), 3 Charith Asalanka, 4 Pavan Rathnayake, 5 Kamindu Mendis, 6 Dasun Shanaka (capt), 7 Janith Liyanage, 8 Dunith Wellalage, 9 Dushmantha Chameera, 10 Maheesh Theekshana, 11 Dilshan Madushanka
Pakistan: 1 Sahibzada Farhan, 2 Fakhar Zaman, 3 Salman Agha (capt), 4 Khawaja Nafay, 5 Usman Khan (wk), 6 Shadab Khan, 7 Mohammad Nawaz, 8 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 9 Naseem Shah, 10 Abrar Ahmed, 11 Usman Tariq