Overview
- Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by eight wickets after bowling the hosts out for 110 in 25.3 overs and chasing the target in 18.1 overs on Tuesday.
- Left‑arm pacer Dilshan Madushanka took a career-best 5-34, dismissing Fakhar Zaman, Saad Baig, Arafat Minhas, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf to spark the collapse.
- Spinner Sahan Arachchige supported the attack with 2-24 while Kamindu Mendis anchored the reply with an unbeaten 62 as Sri Lanka completed a swift chase.
- The result eliminated England from final contention, confirmed Pakistan and Sri Lanka as the two finalists, and turned Sri Lanka’s remaining group game against England into a dead rubber.
- Times Now reported Madushanka’s 5-34 as the best figures by a visiting pacer in Pakistan since 1996, a claim presented in coverage rather than independently verified, and it surpassed his previous best of 5-80 from the 2023 World Cup.