Pakistan win toss, elect to bat against Sri Lanka

Colombo, Feb 26 (PTI) Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi wonthe toss and elected to bat first against Sri Lanka in theirGroup A match of the cricket World Cup here today.

Pakistan have fielded the same team which beat Kenya intheir opening clash.

For Sri Lanka, Chamara Silva is in for Chamara Kapugederaand Rangana Herath has been brought in for Ajantha Mendis.

Teams:

Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (c&wk), Upul Tharanga,Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera,Chamara Silva, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, NuwanKulasekara, Rangana Herath, Muttiah Muralitharan

Pakistan: Shahid Afridi (c), Mohammad Hafeez, AhmedShehzad, Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal,Abdul Razzaq, Umar Gul, Abdur Rehman, Shoaib Akhtar.