Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field first in their opening T20 World Cup match against Namibia in the Group A Round 1 clash at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Monday.

The Sri Lankans have won both their warm-up games and will be hoping to start their tournament on a strong note. 

Meanwhile, Namibia lost both their warm-up matches and will be hoping to find some form against Sri Lanka. 

The top-four of the eight teams in Round 1 will qualify for the Super 12 stage.

Sri Lanka (Playing XI) - Kusal Perera (WK), Pathum Nissanka, Dinesh Chandimal, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (C), Chamika Karunaratne, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Lahiru Kumara.

Namibia (Playing XI) - Stephan Baard, Zane Green (WK), Craig Williams, Gerhard Erasmus (C), David Wiese, JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, Pikky Ya France, Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz.