Overview
- Pakistan won by eight wickets, reaching 289 for 2 in 48.2 overs to clinch the three-match ODI series 2–0.
- Babar Azam scored an unbeaten 102 and was named Player of the Match, ending an 807-day wait for an international century and equalling Saeed Anwar’s 20 ODI hundreds in just 136 innings.
- Fakhar Zaman made 78, Mohammad Rizwan finished 51 not out, and Saim Ayub added 33 as partnerships of 100 (with Fakhar) and an unbroken 112 (with Rizwan) anchored the chase.
- Sri Lanka posted 288 for 8, led by Janith Liyanage’s 54 and Wanindu Hasaranga’s late 37*, as Abrar Ahmed took 3 for 41 and Haris Rauf 3 for 66; Dushmantha Chameera claimed both Pakistan wickets.
- The third ODI is scheduled for today in Rawalpindi with Pakistan eyeing a clean sweep, and the tour continues after earlier security concerns were addressed by PCB assurances to Sri Lanka Cricket.