Sri Lanka elect to bat against Pakistan

Sri Lanka's captain Mahela Jayawardene stretches during a training session in Dhaka. Photo: AP

Sri Lanka cricket captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in an Asia Cup match here today.

Lasith Malinga returned to the Sri Lankan team in place of Chamara Kapugedera.

Pakistan brought in Hammad Azam to get more options in medium pace bowling.

Teams:

Sri Lanka: TM Dilshan, DPMD Jayawardene (c), KC Sangakkara, LD Chandimal, WU Tharanga, HDRL Thirimanne, KMDN Kulasekara, MF Maharoof, S Prasanna, SL Malinga, RAS Lakmal

Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Younis Khan, Misbah—ul—Haq (c), Umar Akmal, Hammad Azam, Shahid Afridi, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Aizaz Cheema.