Babar Azam, captain of the Test, ODI and T20 teams, is one of just five players offered both red and white ball contracts
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Sri Lanka made the surprise change of replacing veteran off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan with seamer Thilan Thushara, while New Zealand have brought in fast bowler James Franklin for batsman Gareth Hopkins.
Defeat for New Zealand would rule them out of semi-final contention completely while a loss for Sri Lanka would leave them reling on other results going their way to advance.
Sri Lanka - Sanath Jayasuriya, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilina Kandamby, Thilan Samaraweera, Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thilan Thushara, Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis.
New Zealand - Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Neil Broom, James Franklin, Daniel Vettori, Kyle Mills, Daryl Tuffey, Shane Bond.
Babar Azam, captain of the Test, ODI and T20 teams, is one of just five players offered both red and white ball contracts
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His duel with India stalwart Virat Kohli will be an interesting sub-plot of the match beginning on Friday
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The 50-overs series was first played in 2005 before being discontinued after its next edition in 2007 as relations between India and Pakistan soured
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Australian pacer Hazlewood remains at the top in the shorter format rankings
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The last pacer-captain that India had was the great Kapil Dev, who was removed from captaincy in 1987
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Australia reached 98 for three at stumps after Sri Lankan spinner Ramesh Mendis struck twice, including David Warner's key wicket for 25
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Azeem Rafiq, a player of Pakistani descent, said Vaughan made racist comments against players of Asian origin in Yorkshire
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The BCCI secretary said there are no immediate plans to add more franchises to the 10-team competition
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