Sri Lanka captain Lasith Malinga won the toss and elected to bat first against defending champions West Indies in the first semi-final of the ICC World T20 Championships at Dhaka.
Sri Lanka has left out all-rounder Thissara Perera to accommodate leg-spinner Seekkuge Prasanna.
Sri Lankan Team
MDKJ Perera, TM Dilshan, DPMD Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara (wk), AD Mathews, HDRL Thirimanne, S Prasanna, KMDN Kulasekara, SMSM Senanayake, HMRKB Herath, SL Malinga (captain)
West Indies Team
DR Smith, CH Gayle, MN Samuels, LMP Simmons, DJ Bravo, D Ramdin (wk), DJG Sammy (captain), AD Russell, SP Narine, S Badree, K Santokie