Overview
- Pakistan won the third ODI by six wickets, reaching 215 for 4 in 44.4 overs chasing 212, with Mohammad Rizwan 61* and Hussain Talat 42* after Fakhar Zaman’s 55 and Babar Azam’s 34.
- Sri Lanka were bowled out for 211 in 45.2 overs as Mohammad Wasim Jr led the attack with 3 for 47, supported by Haris Rauf and Faisal Akram with two wickets each.
- Leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay’s 3 for 42 triggered a mid-innings wobble at 115 for 4 before Rizwan and Talat added an unbroken 100-run stand to close out the chase.
- Mohammad Wasim Jr earned Player of the Match honors, and Haris Rauf was named Player of the Series after taking nine wickets across the three ODIs.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi praised the clean sweep, and Pakistan next face Zimbabwe in the opening game of a T20 tri-series on November 18 in Rawalpindi.