Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews won the toss and opted to bat in the fourth one-day international against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
Pakistan, who lead the series 2-1, remained unchanged from the side which won the third match in Sharjah by 113 runs on Sunday.
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Sri Lanka made three changes from the last match, bringing in Kithruwan Vithanage, Ashan Priyanjan and Suranga Lakmal in place of Dimuth Karunaratne, Thisara Perera and Seekkuge Prasanna.
Pakistan won the first match by 11 runs in Sharjah while Sri Lanka won the second in Dubai by two wickets.
Teams:
Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Sharjeel Khan, Ahmed Shehzad, Sohaib Maqsood, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, Umar Gul, Bilawal Bhatti.
Sri Lanka: Angelo Mathews (capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kusal Perera, Kumar Sangakkara, Dinesh Chandimal, Lasith Malinga, Kithruwan Vithanage, Nuwan Kulasekara, Sachithra Senanayake, Ashan Priyanjan, Suranga Lakmal.
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (PAK) and Richard Illingworth (ENG)
Tv umpire: Johan Cloete (RSA)
Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)
Mathews tells team-mates to remain positive
Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews urged his team to remain positive in their quest to level the one day international series against Pakistan when the teams meet in the fourth match in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
The Islanders trail 2-1 in the five-match series after Pakistan won the third match by 113 runs in Sharjah on Sunday.
Pakistan had also won the first match in Sharjah by 11 runs last week before Sri Lanka tied the series by winning the second by two wickets in Dubai.
Mathews said his team must play their natural game if they were to have any hope of levelling the series.
"We have nothing to lose, we have to just go there and express ourselves and be confident to try and win because we need to stay positive to win," said Mathews.
Mathews praised Pakistan team.
"We all know that Pakistan have got good batsmen and also bowlers and they have a pretty good balanced team so we must try and take them on and try and win the game," said Mathews.
Dropped Hafeez catch aided defeat - Sri Lanka captain
Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews admitted dropping a catch off Pakistan centurion Mohammad Hafeez played a crucial role in his team's defeat in the third one-day match in Sharjah.
Leg-spinner Lasith Malinga dropped a sitter at long-on when Hafeez was on 26 in the 18th over Sunday. The Pakistani vice-captain went on to hit a career best 140 not out in his team's imposing total of 326-5 in 50 overs.
Sri Lanka were bowled out for 213 in 44.4 overs, losing by 113 runs and conceding a 2-1 lead. Pakistan won the first match by 11 runs while Sri Lanka took the second by two wickets.
Mathews said the dropped catch was crucial.
"It was pretty crucial and Hafeez went on to get a big one. We let him go and he got them a big score and it was unfortunate we let him go," said Mathews.
Sri Lanka's Jayawardene back for Pakistan Test series
Former captain Mahela Jayawardene has returned to Sri Lanka's squad for the three-Test series against Pakistan starting in the United Arab Emirates later this month, the cricket board said.
Jayawardene, who opted out of the ongoing limited-overs series for personal reasons, was named in the 16-man squad led by all-rounder Angelo Mathews, Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement.
Jayawardene, 36, is one of 11 batsmen worldwide and only the second Sri Lankan alongside current team-mate Kumar Sangakkara to score more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket.
The stylish right-hander has made 10,806 runs in 138 Tests at an average of 49.56, with 31 centuries and 45 half-centuries.
Sri Lanka's Test squad: Angelo Mathews (capt), Dinesh Chandimal, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kaushal Silva, Kumar Sangakkara, Lahiru Thirimanne, Mahela Jayawardene, Prasanna Jayawardene, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suranga Lakmal, Shaminda Eranga, Vishwa Fernando, Sachithra Senananyake, Nuwan Pradeep, Rangana Herath, Dilruwan Perera.
Shehzad fined 50 percent of fee for pushing Dilshan
Pakistani opener Ahmed Shehzad has been fined 50 percent of his match fee for pushing Sri Lankan opener Tillakaratne Dilshan during the third one-day game, the sport's governing body said Monday.
Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 113 runs on Sunday to go 2-1 up in the five-match series, with the last two games in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday and Friday.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) said Shehzad pleaded guilty to the offence.
"The opener was found to have breached Article 2.2.4 of the ICC code of conduct for players and player support personnel, which relates to 'inappropriate and deliberate physical contact between Players in the course of play during an international match'," said a ICC statement.