Thisara Perera is likely to make a comeback into the Sri Lankan side for the 3rd ODI against Pakistan that will be played on Sunday, July 19, 2015.
The third ODI will be played at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo at 2:00 p.m. Pakistan time. It’s a day/night match of 50-overs.
Pakistan wins the toss and decides to bat first.
No other significant changes are expected in the Sri Lankan squad.
The probable are as below:
Sri Lanka: Kusal Perera, Upul Tharanga, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Milinda Siriwardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lahiru Thirimanne, Sachith Pathirana, Thisara Perera, Lasith Malinga and Suranga Lakmal.
Pakistan might play left-arm spinner and batsman Imad Wasim in place of the not inform Hafeez.
Pakistan: Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Rizwan, 7 Sarfraz Ahmed, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Wasim, Yasir Shah, Rahat Ali, and Mohammad Irfan.
There have been light showers in Colombo in the last week, but that’s very common in the tiny island of Sri Lanka. There are also enough sunny spells for the entire to match to complete.
The live telecast of the game can be watched on PTV Sports and Ten Sports TV channels in Pakistan. Star Sports in India and MTV in Sri Lanka.
Ten Sports and PTV Sports will be live streaming the ODI series at their respective websites. The live streaming of the match can be watched on the PTV Sports website and Ten Sports website here.
After two matches, the five-ODI series is currently placed evenly at 1-1 after Pakistan won the 1st ODI and Sri Lanka squeezed past Pakistan in the 2nd ODI by two wickets.