DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) United Arab Emirates captain Amjad Javed won the toss and elected to bowl first in its match against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup on Thursday.
The match will be the first T20 International between the two sides.
UAE qualified by winning three straight qualification games. They had retained the same team which played against Oman.
Sri Lanka brought back Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara and Rangana Herath along with captain Lasith Malinga from the team that played against India in the last match.
Sri Lanka:
Shehan Jayasuriya, Tilllakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Milinda Siriwardana, Chamara Kapugedera, Dasun Shanaka, Nuwan Kulasekara, Rangana Herath, Lasith Malinga, Dushmantha Chameera.
UAE:
Rohan Mustafa, Muhammad Kaleem, Mohammad Shahzad, Shaiman Anwar, Muhammad Usman, Amjad Javed, Mohammad Naveed, Saqlain Haider, Ahmed Raza, Swapnil Patil, Qadeer Ahmed.
