Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs Namibia

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first in the Men's T20 World Cup opener in Geelong, likely owing to their preference to chase scores. Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus said he would have liked to chase as well.

The batting holds no major surprises, though there is no room for Charith Asalanka, with Dhananjaya de Silva batting at No. 3, and Danushka Gunathilaka at No. 4.

Namibia: 1 Divan la Cock, 2 Michael van Lingen, 3 Stephan Baard, 4 Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, 5 Gerhard Erasmus (capt), 6 Jan Frylinck, 7 JJ Smit, 8 David Wiese, 9 Zane Green (wk), 10 Bernard Scholtz, 11 Ben Shikongo

Sri Lanka: 1 Pathum Nissanka, 2 Kusal Mendis (wk), 3 Dhananjaya de Silva, 4 Danushka Gunathilaka, 5 Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 6 Dasun Shanaka (capt), 7 Wanindu Hasaranga, 8 Chamika Karunaratne, 9 Dushmantha Chameera, 10 Maheesh Theekshana, 11 Pramod Madushan