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World Cup: Afghanistan win toss, opt to field first against Sri Lanka

| @indiablooms | Jun 04, 2019, at 03:35 pm

Cardiff, June 4 (IBNS): Afghanistan won the toss and opted to field first in a World Cup match against Sri Lanka here on Tuesday.

Both the teams have lost their opening matches of the tournament.

The two teams are given below:

Afghanistan XI: 1 Mohammad Shahzad (wk), 2 Hazratullah Zazai, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi, 5 Najibullah Zadran, 6 Mohammad Nabi, 7 Gulbadin Naib (capt), 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, 10 Hamid Hassan, 11 Dawlat Zadran.

Sri Lanka XI: 1 Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), 2 Lahiru Thirimanne, 3 Kusal Perera (wk), 4 Kusal Mendis, 5 Angelo Mathews, 6 Dhananjaya de Silva, 7 Thisara Perera, 8 Isuru Udana, 9 Suranga Lakmal, 10 Nuwan Pradeep, 11 Lasith Malinga

Image: Cricket World Cup Twitter page

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