Afridi wins toss and elects to bat

Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat in their Group A encounter against Sri Lanka at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Meanwhile, Chamara Silva is in for Chamara Kapugedera while Rangana Herath has been chosen over Ajantha Mendis for the Sri Lankans.

Lasith Malinga has also been left out for the match.

The Lineups are as follows;

SRI LANKA: WU Tharanga, TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara (wicketkeeper/captain), DPMD Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera, LPC Silva, AD Mathews, NLTC Perera, KMDN Kulasekara, HMRKB Herath, M Muralitharan

PAKISTAN: Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal (wicketkeeper), Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi (captain), Abdul Razzaq, Umar Gul, Abdur Rehman, Shoaib Akhtar