Sri Lanka received the toss and elected to bat within the second ODI towards Afghanistan at Pallekele.

Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi mentioned that they too would have batted first, however he was assured of a greater displaying from his bowlers. Qais Ahmad got here instead of Fareed Ahmad, as Afghanistan opted to go in with an additional spinner.

By way of the circumstances, it was one other heat and sunny day in Pallekele. The pitch was just like what was supplied up within the first sport, with the grass a bit greener, if something. “There are additionally some cracks, which suggests the pitch will keep good however possibly not as excessive scoring [as the first ODI]. Perhaps 300-320 is the par rating,” Russell Arnold mentioned on the pitch report.

Sri Lanka: 1 Avishka Fernando, 2 Pathum Nissanka, 3 Kusal Mendis (capt, wk), 4 Sadeera Samarawickrama, 5 Charith Asalanka, 6 Janith Liyanage, 7 Wanindu Hasaranga, 8 Maheesh Theekshana, 9 Asitha Fernando, 10 Pramod Madushan, 11 Dilshan Madushanka

Afghanistan: 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 2 Ibrahim Zadran, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi, 5 Ikram Alikhil, 6 Azmatullah Omarzai, 7 Gulbadin Naib, 8 Mohammad Nabi, 9 Qais Ahmad, 10 Fazalhaq Farooqi, 11 Fareed Ahmad