Sri Lanka has won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in the first Test at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.
Abid Ali and Usman Khan Shinwari are making their Test debuts for Pakistan. Fawad Alam misses out on the fixture.
Pakistan XI: Shan Masood, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali (captain), Babar Azam, Haris Sohail, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Usman Khan Shinwari, Mohammad Abbas, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi.
Sri Lanka XI: Dimuth Karunaratne (captain), Oshada Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella (wicketkeeper), Dilruwan Perera, Vishwa Fernando, Kasun Rajitha and Lahiru Kumara.
