Sri Lanka choose to bat in opposition to Zimbabwe, play Madushanka and Madushan

Sri Lanka choose to bat vs Zimbabwe

Sri Lanka received the toss on the celebration at Premadasa and determined to bat first. Both, the hosts and Zimbabwe, are by to the Super Eight already, however for Sri Lanka it was vital to get their damage replacements.

The large one, in fact, was Matheesha Pathirana, whose match ended with a calf damage sustained throughout the match in opposition to Australia. His substitute within the squad, Dilshan Madushanka, got here straight into the XI. Also given a look-in was Pramod Madushan, the quick bowler who was already within the squad. In order to arrange this digital bowl-off between Madushan and Madushanka, Sri Lanka rested their lead quick bowler Dushmantha Chameera.

Zimbabwe made no change to the XI that shocked Australia on this World Cup. They have been seeking to bowl first anyway due to the forecast for some drizzle in a while, and hoping to bat in higher batting situations as soon as the lights got here on.

Sri Lanka: 1 Pathum Nissanka, 2 Kusal Perera, 3 Kusal Mendis (wk), Pavan Rathnayake, 5 Dasun Shanaka (capt), 6 Kamindu Mendis, 7 Dunith Wellalage, 8 Dushan Hemantha, 9 Maheesh Theekshana, 10 Pramod Madushan, 11 Dilshan Madushanka

Zimbabwe: 1 Brian Bennett, 2 Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk), 3 Dion Myers, 4 Sikandar Raza (capt), 5 Ryan Burl, 6 Tony Munyonga, 7 Tashinga Musekiwa, 8 Brad Evans, 9 Wellington Masakadza, 10 Graeme Cremer, 11 Blessing Muzarabani