SL make three changes and opt to bowl in must-win game
Pakistan won with seven balls to spare in the first T20I • AFP/Getty Images
Toss Sri Lanka opted to bowl vs Pakistan
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first on a fresh pitch in Rawalpindi. Pakistan had won batting second on Friday, at a venue that tends to favour chasing sides. In the second match of three - all in Rawalpindi - Sri Lanka are attempting to erase that 1-0 deficit.
Pakistan have made a single change to the XI that won with seven balls to spare, swapping right-arm quick Razaullah for left-arm fast bowler Salman Mirza.
Sri Lanka, meanwhile have made three changes. Top-order batter Sineth Jayawardena comes into the XI, as do allrounder Chamindu Wickramasinghe, and left-arm seamer Binura Fernando. Kamil Mishara, Dunith Wellalage, and Dushmantha Chameera make way in the XI. Chameera, normally Sri Lanka's top seam bowler in this format, is just coming back from injury, and was expensive on Friday, going for 40 in his three overs.
The weather is forecast to be fine through the course of the match.
Pakistan: 1 Sahibzada Farhan (capt), 2 Fakhar Zaman, 3 Maaz Sadaqat, 4 Hasan Nawaz, 5 Saim Ayub, 6 Khawaja Nafay (wk), 7 Shadab Khan, 8 Mohammad Imran, 9 Naseem Shah, 10 Salman Mirza, 11 Abrar Ahmed
Sri Lanka: 1 Lahiru Udara, 2 Sineth Jayawardena, 3 Kusal Mendis (capt, wk), 4 Kamindu Mendis, 5 Sahan Arachchige, 6 Dasun Shanaka, 7 Chamindu Wickramasinghe, 8 Maheesh Theekshana, 9 Eshan Malinga, 10 Binura Fernando, 11 Nuwan Thushara
Andrew Fidel Fernando is a senior writer at Cricinfo. @afidelf
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