Sri Lanka chose to bat vs Netherlands
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat in the crucial qualifying match against Netherlands, having won batting first against the UAE on Tuesday. The team that wins this match is guaranteed a place main draw of the T20 World Cup. The side that loses will need UAE to beat Namibia by a substantial margin, later in the day, to have any hope of qualifying.
Netherlands made no changes to the XI that defeated Namibia on Tuesday, which they had done chasing, as they will in this match.
With injuries ripping through Sri Lanka's fast-bowling battery, they were forced to make two changes, bringing in Lahiru Kumara and left-armer Binura Fernando in place of Dushmantha Chameera (who is out of the tournament) and Pramod Madushan (who is out for at least one match). With Danushka Gunathilaka also still injured, Charith Asalanka remains in the top order.
The weather is expected to remain good through the match. The toss was conducted in bright sunshine.
Netherlands: 1 Max O' Dowd, 2 Vikramjit Singh, 3 Bas de Leede, 4 Tom Cooper, 5 Colin Ackerman, 6 Scott Edwards (capt & wk), 7 Tim Pringle, 8 Roelof van der Merwe, 9 Tim van der Guggten, 10 Fred Klaassen, 11 Paul van Meekeren
Sri Lanka: 1 Pathum Nissanka, 2 Kusal Mendis (wk), 3 Dhananjaya de Silva, 4 Charith Asalanka, 5 Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 6 Dasun Shanaka (capt.), 7 Wanindu Hasaranga, 8 Chamika Karunaratne, 9 Binura Fernando, 10 Maheesh Theekshana, 11 Lahiru Kumara
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