Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bowl first Friday in the opener of their three match one-day international matches against Sri Lanka at Pallekele.
The visitors opted to play four seamers for the game with all-rounder Rashid Khan left out of the squad last month to recover from back surgery.
Sri Lanka's Pramod Madushan was chosen ahead of bowling all-rounder Chamika Karunaratne.
The hosts won the tour's sole Test by 10 wickets and the current series will be followed by three T20 matches, all in Dambulla.
Sri Lanka: Kusal Mendis (capt, wk), Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Janith Liyanage, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Dilshan Madushanka, Dushmantha Chameera, Pramod Madushan.
Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), Ibrahim Zadran, Ikram Alikhil, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Rahmat Shah, Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Fareed Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad.
Umpires: Alex Wharf (ENG) Raveendra Wimalasiri (SRI)
Third Umpire: Michael Gough (ENG)
Match Referee: Chris Broad (ENG)
