Sri Lanka bat; Lokuarachchi in, Ansar Debut

Hambantota: Sri Lanka opted to go in with both the spinners Sachithra Senanayake and Kaushal Lokuarachchi. Pakistan handed a debut to Shakeel Ansar.

Mahela: "Looks like a good wicket, might slow down later on. Pakistan keep producing a lot of talented players, we have to be on our guard." Senanayake, the offspinner, and Lokuarachchi, the legspinner, are making their T20I debuts. Lokuarachchi last played for Sri Lanka in 2007.

Hafeez: "Captaincy is the biggest honour you can get as a player. I am honoured." 33-year old Shakeel Ansar is debuting as a wicketkeeper-batsman. And that man Mohammad Sami, who you can somehow never write off, is back

Teams

Sri Lanka TM Dilshan, HDRL Thirimanne, DPMD Jayawardene (captain), KC Sangakkara (wk), LD Chandimal, AD Mathews, NLTC Perera, SMSM Senanayake, KS Lokuarachchi, SL Malinga, KMDN Kulasekara

Pakistan Mohammad Hafeez (captain), Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Khalid Latif, Shakeel Ansar (wk), Sohail Tanvir, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Sami, Umar Gul

Scores	Upcoming	Results
South Africa vs Pakistan - 3rd ODI 4th Test - Australia v India - December 26-30, 23:30 GMT 1st Test - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan - December 26-30, 07:30 GMT 3rd ODI - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 139 balls remaining) 3rd T20I - West Indies v Bangladesh at St Vincent Bangladesh won by 80 runs

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