Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has won the hurl and chose to bat in the second Test against Sri Lanka at P Sara Oval in Colombo.
The guests ran in with the same side that won the first Test by 10 wickets at Galle a week ago to take 1-the 1-0 lead in three-match arrangement.
The hosts, then, have made two like-to-like substitution in their squad. Spinner Dilruwan Perera, who had maintained a hand harm amid the first Test, has been supplanted by Tharindu Kaushal while seamer Nuwan Pradeep has been forgotten to clear path for the Test introduction of Dushmantha Chameera.
The accessibility of paceman Dhammika Prasad, who harmed his right thumb amid an instructional meeting, was unverifiable however he recouped in time for the match.
Pakistan had last won a Test in against Sri Lanka in 2006 and have since lost every one of the three arrangement there.
Playing XIs:
Pakistan:
Mohammad Hafeez, Wahab Riaz, Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Asad Shafiq, Younis Khan, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Yasir Shah, Junaid Khan, Zulfiqar Babar, Azhar Ali, Ahmed Shehzad.
Sri Lanka:
Dimuth Karunaratne, Kumar Sangakkara, Kaushal Silva, Angelo Mathews (capt), Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Kithuruwan Vithanage, Dhammika Prasad, Tharindu Kaushal, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dushmantha Chameera, Rangana Herath,
