Toss Pakistan chose to bat v Sri Lanka
Misbah-ul-Haq won the toss for the first time in the series, giving his team an opportunity to bat first in Dubai. Both the previous games followed similar templates in the first 25 overs of play, with Sri Lanka's top order struggling to force the pace. They never recovered in the first game, but perked up during the batting Powerplay in the second. Misbah was wary of the early challenges posed by the pitch, and hoped his batsmen would "take the responsibility and give the bowlers a chance".
Pakistan made one change to their line-up with the wrong-footed left-arm seamer Sohail Tanvir coming in for Aizaz Cheema. Sri Lanka stuck to the side that levelled the series at 1-1 on Monday. Tillakaratne Dilshan mentioned that there were no plans to promote the in-form Mahela Jayawardene up the order.
Sri Lanka: 1 Upul Tharanga, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt), 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Dinesh Chandimal, 5 Mahela Jayawardene, 6 Angelo Mathews, 7 Jeevan Mendis, 8 Thisara Perera, 9 Lasith Malinga, 10 Seekkuge Prasanna, 11 Dilhara Fernando
Pakistan: 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Imran Farhat, 3 Younis Khan, 4 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), 5 Umar Akmal, 6 Abdul Razzaq, 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 9 Umar Gul, 10 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Sohail Tanvir
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