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    Afghanistan opt to bowl in bid to keep series alive; Mathews fit for SL

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    Afghanistan opt to bowl in bid to keep series alive; Mathews fit for SL

    Toss: Afghanistan opt to bowl vs Sri Lanka

    Afghanistan have gained the toss and chosen to bowl in the second T20I in opposition to Sri Lanka at Pallekele, maybe anticipating dew to hamper the group bowling second. They’d narrowly misplaced the primary T20I chasing, nevertheless.

    Sri Lanka made no modifications to the XI that gained by 4 runs on Saturday. There was some doubt over Angelo Mathews’ involvement, due to a hamstring niggle. However he handed a health check forward of this match nevertheless, and is obvious to play.

    Afghanistan, in the meantime, strengthened their batting, bringing Hazratullah Zazai into the XI in place of legspin-bowling allrounder Qais Ahmad. Qais had been costly in the final T20I, leaking 36 from three overs. Hazratullah has not performed a match on this tour but.

    Sri Lanka: 1 Pathum Nissanka, 2 Kusal Mendis (wk), 3 Dhananjaya de Silva, 4 Sadeera Samarawickrama, 5 Charith Asalanka, 6 Angelo Mathews, 7 Dasun Shanaka, 8 Wanindu Hasaranga (capt), 9 Maheesh Theekshana, 10 Binura Fernando, 11 Matheesha Pathirana

    Afghanistan: 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Ibrahim Zadran (capt), 3 Hazratullah Zazai, 4 Gulbadin Naib, 5 Azmatullah Omarzai, 6 Najibullah Zadran, 7 Mohammad Nabi, 8 Karim Janat, 9 Noor Ahmad, 10 Fazalhaq Farooqi, 11 Naveen ul Haq

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