Hambantota, Sep 18 (IANS) Zimabwe won the toss and decided to field against Sri Lanka in the World Twenty20 Championship opener here Tuesday.

Teams:

Sri Lanka: Dilshan Munaweera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Kumar Sangakkara, Angelo Mathews, Lahiru Thirimanne, Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Lasith Malinga.

Zimbabwe: Hamilton Masakadza, Vusi Sibanda, Brendan Taylor (captain), Craig Ervine, Malcolm Waller, Elton Chigumbura, Grame Cremer, Prosper Utseya, Kyle Jarvis, Bryan Vitori, Chris Mpofu.