Overview
- Pakistan chased 289 to win by eight wickets in 48.2 overs and clinch the three‑match ODI series 2–0, with the final game slated for November 16 in Rawalpindi.
- Babar Azam’s 20th ODI hundred matched Saeed Anwar’s national record and came in 136 innings, the third‑fastest to 20 ODI centuries globally.
- Key stands underpinned the chase: 77 for the first wicket (Saim Ayub 33), 100 with Fakhar Zaman (78), and an unbroken 112 with Mohammad Rizwan (51*), with Babar named Player of the Match.
- Sri Lanka posted 288/8 built on Janith Liyanage’s 54, Kamindu Mendis’ 44, Sadeera Samarawickrama’s 42 and Wanindu Hasaranga’s 37*, checked by Abrar Ahmed’s 3/41 and Haris Rauf’s 3/66.
- The series continued after security reassurances from the PCB to Sri Lanka Cricket following a suicide bombing in Islamabad earlier in the week.