<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka won the toss and elected to field first against Afghanistan in the opening match of the Asia Cup Super Four stage on Saturday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The island nation, who knocked out Bangladesh in their group after they chased down 184, come in unchanged at Sharjah for the key match in the Twenty20 tournament.</div><div><br></div><div>"We are good at chasing. So it's a good toss to win," said Shanaka.</div><div>"The openers got us a good start, and we had partnerships in the middle. That was important."</div><div><br></div><div>Afghanistan, led by Mohammad Nabi, stormed into round two after crushing wins over Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in the group stage.</div><div><br></div><div>The Afghans have made one change with Azmatullah Omarzai sitting out sick and Samiullah Shinwari making the team.</div><div><br></div><div>"Yeah we would have bowled too, but we will try and put a good score on the bat," said Nabi.</div><div><br></div><div>"Really happy with the bowlers in the last few games, hopefully they perform today as well. It's a little bit of deadly surface here in Sharjah, so we're happy we've already played one game here."</div><div><br></div><div>The tournament acts as a tune-up for the T20 World Cup in October-November in Australia.</div><div>Teams</div><div><br></div><div>Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (capt), Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Samiullah Shinwari, Rashid Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi</div><div><br></div><div>Sri Lanka: Danushka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (capt), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka</div><div><br></div><div>Umpires: Ahsan Raza (PAK), Gazi Sohel (BAN)</div><div><br></div><div>TV Umpire: Anil Chaudhary (IND)</div><div><br></div><div>Match Referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM) - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>