Sri Lanka bat against Pakistan in second T20

Sri Lanka's captain Lasith Malinga won the toss and elected to bat in the second Twenty20 international against Pakistan at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Saturday.

Pakistan, who won the first T20 match on Thursday, are hoping to complete a hat-trick of series wins on the current tour, having clinched the Tests 2-1 and the one-dayers 3-2.

Pakistan: Shahid Afridi (capt), Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Mukhtar Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Rizwan, Sohail Tanvir, Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Irfan.

Sri Lanka: Lasith Malinga (capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kusal Perera, Shehan Jayasuriya, Dasun Shanaka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Thisara Perera, Jeffrey Vandersay, Binura Fernando, Milinda Siriwardana.

Umpires: Raveendra Wimalasiri (SRI) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI)

TV umpire: Ranmore Martinesz (SRI)

Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)
Source: AFP