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SL send Pakistan into bat

Dubai - Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews won the toss and put Pakistan into bat in the second day-night international in Dubai on Friday.

Pakistan, leading the five-match series 1-0 after winning the first match by 11 runs in Sharjah on Wednesday, remained unchanged.

Sri Lanka brought in Nuwan Kulasekara in place of Suranga Lakmal to bolster their pace attack while batsman Lahiru Thirimanne was injured and replaced by Dimuth Karunaratne.

Teams:

Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Sharjeel Khan, Ahmed Shehzad, Sohaib Maqsood, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Bilawal Bhatti.

Sri Lanka: Angelo Mathews (capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kusal Perera, Kumar Sangakkara, Dinesh Chandimal, Dimuth Karunaratne, Thisara Perera, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Sachithra Senanayake, Seekkuge Prasanna.

Umpires: Richard Illingworth (ENG) and Ahsan Raza (PAK)

Tv umpire: Johan Cloete (RSA)

Match referee: David Boon (AUS)


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