Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in their World Twenty20 Group F Super Eights match at Lord's here on Friday.
Sri Lanka, unbeaten at the tournament so far, recalled pace bowler Nuwan Kulasekera in place of fellow seamer Isuru Udana.
Pakistan were unchanged from the side that defeated the Netherlands in their final group match.
This was both sides' first match of the second phase Super Eights.
Pakistan: Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal (wkt), Shoaib Malik, Younus Khan (capt), Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Fawad Alam, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Aamir
Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (capt/wkt), Sanath Jayasuriya, Tillekaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Jehan Mubarak, Chamara Silva, Angelo Mathews, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan, Nuwan Kulasekera, Ajantha Mendis
Umpires: Mark Benson (ENG) and Rudi Koertzen (RSA)
TV umpire: Rod Tucker (AUS)
Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)
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