Sri Lanka to bat first after winning toss against S.Africa

CHITTAGONG: Sri Lanka have won the toss and have decided to bat first in Group 1 match against S.Africa at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong.

Sri Lankan skipper LD Chandimal talking to Danny Morrison at the toss said that they expected the ball to turn later on and wanted to put a good total on the board for their bowlers to defend.

S.African captain AB de Villiers wasn’t to worried about losing the toss as he said that S.Africa had the pace attack to trouble the batsmen early on specially when D. Steyn has been declared fit to play.

Teams:

S.Africa: 1 Hashim Amla, 2 Quinton de Kock (wk), 3 AB de Villiers, 4 JP Duminy, 5 Farhaan Behardien 6 David Miller, 7 Albie Morkel, 8 Dale Steyn 9 Morne Morkel, 10 Lonwabo Tsotsobe, 11 Imran Tahir

Sri Lanka: 1 Kusal Perera, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Mahela Jayawardene, 4 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 5 Dinesh Chandimal (capt), 6 Angelo Mathews, 7 Thisara Perera, 8 Nuwan Kulasekara, 9 Sachitra Senanayake, 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Ajantha Mendis.