Sri Lanka wins toss\, opts to bat against England

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Sri Lanka wins toss, opts to bat against England

PTI Leeds | Updated on June 21, 2019 Published on June 21, 2019

Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne won the toss and elected to bat first against England in their World Cup encounter here on Friday.

England fielded an unchanged side from the Afghanistan game, while Sri Lanka made a couple of changes with Jeevan Mendis and Avishka Fernando coming into the team.

Teams:

England: James Vince, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan(c), Jos Buttler(w), Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood

Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne(c), Kusal Perera, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Isuru Udana, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Pradeep.

Published on June 21, 2019
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