Asia Cup: Sri Lanka win toss, bat against Afghanistan

MIRPUR: Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first against Afghanistan in the seventh match of the 12 th Asia Cup tournament here at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on Monday.

Angelo Mathews said that they were not taking it easy at all as they had seen that Afghanistan could do.

Afghanistan brought back Dawlat Zadran in place of Hamid Hassan while Noor Ali Zadran, who missed the last match, also returned to the side.

Teams:
Sri Lanka: MDKJ Perera, HDRL Thirimanne, KC Sangakkara (captain), DPMD Jayawardene, LD Chandimal, AD Mathews, PC de Silva, NLTC Perera, SL Malinga, BAW Mendis, RAS Lakmal.

Afghanistan: Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Asghar Stanikzai, Noor Ali Zadran, Nawaz Mangal, Mohammad Nabi (captain), Samillah Shenwari, Najibullah Zadran, Mir Wais Ashraf, Shapoor Zadran Hamza Hotak, Dawlat Zadran.