LONDON: Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has won the toss and decided to bat first against Pakistan in their first match in the Super Eights stage o

LONDON: Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has won the toss and decided to bat first against Pakistan in their first match in the Super Eights stage of the World Twenty20 here at Lord’s on Friday.

Nuwan Kulasekera has replaced Udana for Sri Lanka. Abdul Razzaq is not playing as Pakistan are unchanged.

Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (captain/wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Jehan Mubarak, Chamara Silva, Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekera, Ajantha Mendis, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan

Pakistan: Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal (wk), Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan (captain), Shahid Afridi, Fawad Alam, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Mohammad Aamer, Saeed Ajmal.