{"id":3358,"date":"2026-10-27T14:05:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T09:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3358"},"modified":"2026-10-27T14:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T09:05:06","slug":"sri-lanka-elect-to-field-against-pakistan-in-tri-series-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3358","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka elect to field against Pakistan in tri-series clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field against Pakistan in the fifth match of the tri-nation ODI series at Lahore\u2019s Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday, with a victory guaranteeing them a place in the final.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pakistan have already qualified for the final after beating England by one wicket in a thrilling encounter on Sunday, thanks to Shadab Khan\u2019s brilliant century.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the toss, Pakistan captain Shaheen Shah Afridi said Green Shirts would also have opted to bowl first had they won the toss, citing the possibility of dew during the second innings.<\/p>\n<p>Shaheen confirmed two changes to the playing XI, with Muaz Sadaqat and Naseem Shah replacing Saim Ayub and Razaullah.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka are aiming to secure the remaining spot in the final, while Pakistan will look to build on their recent performances in the tournament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field against Pakistan in the fifth match of the tri-nation ODI series at Lahore\u2019s Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday, with a victory guaranteeing them a place in the final. Pakistan have already qualified for the final after beating England by one wicket in a thrilling encounter on Sunday, thanks to Shadab Khan\u2019s brilliant century. Speaking at the toss, Pakistan captain Shaheen Shah Afridi said Green Shirts would also have opted to bowl first had they won the toss, citing the possibility of dew&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}