FATULLAH: Sri Lanka has won the toss and opted to bat first against Sri Lanka in an opening match of Asia Cup 2014 in Fatullah, Bangladesh.
Chathuranga de Silva is making his ODI debut. “Kulasekara and Dilshan are out, but we have a full strength side apart from them,” says Angelo Mathews.
“There’s no better thing for a batsman than to be in form and scoring runs,” says Misbah-ul-Haq.
“Don’t really know what to make of this pitch, but the last time we played here it was quite slow. We’re playing the same side that played in Abu Dhabi last time”.
Pakistan squad:
Misbah-ul-Haq*, Abdur Rehman, Ahmed Shehzad, Anwar Ali, Bilawal Bhatti, Fawad Alam, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Talha, Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, Sharjeel Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Umar Akmal†, Umar Gul
Sri Lanka squad:
AD Mathews*, LD Chandimal, PC de Silva, DPMD Jayawardene, RAS Lakmal, SL Malinga, BAW Mendis, MDKJ Perera†, NLTC Perera, KTGD Prasad, SMA Priyanjan, KC Sangakkara†, SMSM Senanayake, HDRL Thirimanne
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