Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka (Zimbabwe cricket team vs Sri Lanka cricket team), Live Rating: Hello, and a really warm welcome to News18 CricketNext‘s live coverage of the fifth match of the T20 tri-series in Pakistan, where Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka are taking over one another in Rawalpindi.
If Zimbabwe wins, they’ll secure a spot in the ultimate alongside Pakistan, making it a fight of survival for the Lankans. The last time these sides met on this series, the African team won by an enormous margin of 67 runs.
Toss: Zimbabwe won the toss and opted to bat.
Playing 11s:
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis (wk), Kusal Perera, Janith Liyanage, Dasun Shanaka (c), Pavan Rathnayake, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Eshan Malinga
Zimbabwe: Brian Bennett, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Dion Myers, Brendan Taylor (wk), Sikandar Raza (c), Ryan Burl, Tashinga Musekiwa, Wellington Masakadza, Brad Evans, Tinotenda Maposa and Richard Ngarava