Overview
- After a two-hour delay, the match was cut to 12 overs per side, with Sri Lanka posting 160 for 6 and limiting Pakistan to 146 for 8 in Dambulla.
- Dasun Shanaka smashed 34 off nine balls with five sixes, and his 52-run burst with Janith Liyanage in 15 balls propelled the hosts to a winning total.
- Wanindu Hasaranga took 4 for 35, reached 150 T20I wickets, and earned both Player of the Match and Player of the Series honors.
- Pakistan’s chase featured a blistering 12-ball 45 from captain Salman Ali Agha before Sri Lanka regained control to close out the game.
- Pakistan rested Fakhar Zaman and Salman Mirza, handed a debut to Khawaja Nafay, and recalled Naseem Shah as both sides tested options ahead of the T20 World Cup.