Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan won the toss and decided to bat in the second day-night international against Pakistan at Dubai stadium here on Monday.
Sri Lanka made two changes from the side which lost the first day-night match here on Friday, bringing in paceman Thissara Perera and Jeevan Mendis in for Suranga Lakmal and Kosala Kulasekara.
Mahela Jayawardene recovered from a knee injury and was retained.
Pakistan made no change from the team which won the first one-day.
Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Younis Khan, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul, Aizaz Cheema, Abdul Razzaq
Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan (captain), Upul Tharanga, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Jeevan Mendis, Lasith Malinga, Thissara Perera, Seekkuge Prasanna, Dilhara Fernando
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (ENG) and Zameer Haider (PAK)
TV umpire: Marais Erasmus (RSA)
Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)