Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Abu Dhabi, 1st day Live Streaming

Misbah-ul-haq, Pakistan's captain, chose to bowl in the series opener against Sri Lanka on a hot and dry day in Abu Dhabi. The pitch at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium was flat and offered nothing for the bowlers during the last Test there, between Pakistan and South Africa in November last year. Misbah said he saw some moisture in the track that could help his fast bowlers early on.

Tillakaratne Dilshan, though, said Sri Lanka would have batted anyway. Nuwan Pradeep, a much-talked about 24-year-old fast bowler, made his debut for Sri Lanka. Pradeep is known for having a slinging action, similar to Lasith Malinga's. Dilshan said he would bat in the middle order, as he did in the Colombo Test against Australia, with Lahiru Thirimanne to open the innings.

Both sides went in with three fast bowlers and one spinner each. Aizaz Cheema and Junaid Khan remained in the Pakistan XI, while Wahab Riaz, who returned for this series after being rested for the tour of Zimbabwe, was left out.

Sri Lanka: 1 Tharanga Paranavitana, 2 Lahiru Thirimanne, 3 Kumar Sangakkara, 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt), 6 Angelo Mathews, 7 Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), 8 Rangana Herath, 9 Suranga Lakmal, 10 Chanaka Welegedara, 11 Nuwan Pradeep

Pakistan: 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Taufeeq Umar, 3 Azhar Ali, 4 Younis Khan, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), 6 Asad Shafiq, 7 Adnan Akmal (wk), 8 Umar Gul, 9 Aizaz Cheema, 10 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Junaid Khan

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