West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl first against Sri Lanka in the match of ICC World Cup 2019 in Chester-le-Street.
After the toss, West Indies kipper Jason Holder, said: “We’re fielding first. A fresh wicket. It should be responsive first up with the ball. We still got pride to play for, and we need to play a perfect game. Bowlers have done well so far; hopefully they can respond and the batsmen can chase it down. Roach is unwell, and Gabriel will play in his place.”
Playing XI: Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne (C), Kusal Perera (WK), Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dhananjaya de Silva, Isuru Udana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Kasun Rajitha and Lasith Malinga.
West Indies: Chris Gayle, Sunil Ambris, Shai Hope (WK), Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder (C), Carlos Brathwaite, Fabian Allen, Shannon Gabriel, Sheldon Cottrell and Oshane Thomas.