Overview
- Pakistan chased 289 to win by eight wickets, finishing 289-2 in 48.2 overs to take an unassailable 2-0 lead with one match left.
- Fakhar Zaman scored 78 and Mohammad Rizwan finished 51 not out, adding partnerships of 100 and 112 with Babar Azam to control the pursuit.
- Sri Lanka posted 288 for eight, led by Janith Liyanage’s 54 with support from Kamindu Mendis on 44 and Sadeera Samarawickrama on 42.
- Abrar Ahmed claimed 3-41 and Haris Rauf took 3-66 to stall Sri Lanka’s middle overs, with Mohammad Wasim Jr included as Shaheen Shah Afridi missed out through illness.
- Following security assurances after a deadly bombing near Islamabad before the series, Sri Lanka continued the tour and the final ODI is scheduled for November 16 in Rawalpindi.