Dilshan Madushanka handed Test cap as Sri Lanka bat in opposition to unchanged Pakistan
Toss Sri Lanka selected to bat vs Pakistan
Sri Lanka gained the toss and elected to bat first within the second Test in opposition to Pakistan. Overnight rain meant a moist outfield delayed the beginning of play by half-hour on the SSC.
The hosts, who path 1-0 within the collection, made two adjustments with Dilshan Madushanka and Asitha Fernando coming in for Vishwa Fernando and Kasun Rajitha. Madushanka was on Test debut, whereas Asitha returned after recovering from a bout of dengue. Pakistan went with an unchanged aspect.
The pitch was anticipated to be higher for batting early on through the Test, with good tempo and constant bounce. The in a single day rain may have meant imply some seam motion early on, with moisture doubtlessly trapped beneath the floor. The observe was anticipated to take progressively extra flip from day three onwards. The unhealthy news was that there’s rain forecast for every day of the Test.
Sri Lankan skipper Dimuth Karunaratne stated that the previous few days in Colombo have been fairly scorching, so he anticipated any moisture on the floor to dry up fairly shortly. He stated that he wished his spinners to have the most effective of bowling situations.
Sri Lanka: 1 Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), 2 Nishan Madushka, 3 Kusal Mendis, 4 Angelo Mathews, 5 Dinesh Chandimal, 6 Dhananjaya de Silva, 7 Sadeera Samarawickrama (wk), 8 Ramesh Mendis, 9 Prabath Jayasuriya, 10 Asitha Fernando, 11 Dilshan Madushanka
Pakistan: 1 Abdullah Shafique, 2 Imam-ul-Haq, 3 Shan Masood, 4 Babar Azam (capt), 5 Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), 6 Saud Shakeel, 7 Agha Salman, 8 Noman Ali, 9 Naseem Shah, 10 Abrar Ahmed, 11 Shaheen Shah Afridi