Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first in the first encounter of the three-match T20I series against Sri Pakistan at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Friday.
Green Shirts have made major changes to the playing XI that featured in the Asian Games final against India
The remaining two T20I matches are scheduled to take place at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on October 11 and 13.
Squad
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan (c), Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Arafat Minhas, Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Nawaz, Muhammad Imran Randhawa, Khawaja Nafay (wk), Maaz Sadaqat, Naseem Shah, Razaullah, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Shadab Khan and Sufiyan Moqim.
Sri Lanka: Kamil Mishara, Sineth Jayawardena, Kusal Mendis (c), Lahiru Udara, Sahan Arachchige, Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka, Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Binura Fernando, Nuwan Thushara, Eshan Malinga and Dushmantha Chameera (subject to fitness).
After the T20I series, England will team up with Pakistan and Sri Lanka for an ODI tri-series, with matches set to be held in Rawalpindi and Lahore from October 18 to 31.
Sri Lanka will then feature in a three-day practice match in Islamabad from November 4 to 6 ahead of their two-Test series against Pakistan.
The Test matches will count towards the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025–27. The opening Test will be played at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium from November 9 to 13, followed by the second match at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium from November 17 to 21.
