In the eighth match of the World Cup, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first against Pakistan.
After the match started, Pakistan did not have to wait long to get their first wicket, fast bowler Hasan Ali got Sri Lankan batsman Kosal Perera caught behind the wicket by Mohammad Rizwan for 5 runs in the second over of the innings.
After the first wicket fell early, the Sri Lankan batsmen batted confidently and took the team score to 107 runs in 17.2 overs. Patham Nissanka scored 51 runs and was dismissed by Shadab Khan.
Earlier, talking after the toss at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam said that if we had won the toss, we would have bowled first.
Babar Azam said that we have been here since last week, the conditions have been assessed.
On this occasion Sri Lankan captain Dasan Shanaka said that there has been a change in the team, Thakshana has been included in the team in place of Rajitha.
A change has been made in the Pakistan team that played the last match today, Abdullah Shafiq has been included in the team instead of Fakhar Zaman.
Pakistan Team
It should be noted that this is the second match between the two teams in this World Cup, Pakistan won their first match while Sri Lanka lost in the first match.
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