United Arab Emirates have won the toss and have elected to bowl first in match two of Asia Cup to be played between Sri Lanka and UAE at Shere Bangla National Stadium at Dhaka.
With their star players back in the squad, a buoyant Sri Lanka would like to get into the groove when they face minnows United Arab Emirates first-up in a Round-robin league encounter of the Asia Cup T20 tournament in Mirpur on Thursday.
The Sri Lankan team bears a formidable look with the comeback of their skipper Lasith Malinga and Test captain Angelo Mathews, both of whom were missing due to injuries during the recent T20 series against India.
Playing XIs:
Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Shehan Jayasuriya, Dinesh Chandimal(w), Angelo Mathews, Milinda Siriwardana, Chamara Kapugedera, Dasun Shanaka, Nuwan Kulasekara, Rangana Herath, Lasith Malinga(c), Dushmantha Chameera.
United Arab Emirates: Amjad Javed(c), Mohammad Naveed, Saqlain Haider, Rohan Mustafa, Muhammad Kaleem, Mohammad Shahzad, Shaiman Anwar, Mohammad Usman, Swapnil Patil(wk), Ahmed Raza, Qadeer Ahmed.
