Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 2025–26

Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 2025–26
	Pakistan	Sri Lanka
Dates	11 – 16 November 2025
Captains	Shaheen Afridi [a]	Charith Asalanka [b]
One Day International series
Results	Pakistan won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Babar Azam (165) Fakhar Zaman (165)	Sadeera Samarawickrama (129)
Most wickets	Haris Rauf (9)	Wanindu Hasaranga (3) Jeffrey Vandersay (3)
Player of the series	Haris Rauf (Pak)

The Sri Lanka cricket team toured Pakistan in November 2025 to play the Pakistan cricket team. ^{[1] [2]} The tour consisted of three One Day International (ODI) matches followed by a tri-nation T20I series also involving Zimbabwe. ^{[3] [4]} In September 2025, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed the fixtures for the tour. All the matches were played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. ^[5] Sri Lanka had last toured Pakistan in 2019. ^[6]

The last two matches of the series were delayed after several Sri Lankan players raised concerns over security following a suicide bombing in Islamabad on 11 November 2025. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) held discussions with security officials before confirming that the tour would continue under reinforced security arrangements. Both remaining One Day Internationals (ODIs) were rescheduled and moved to the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. ^{[7] [8]}

Squads

Pakistan [9]	Sri Lanka [10]
Shaheen Afridi (c) Salman Ali Agha Abrar Ahmed Faisal Akram Faheem Ashraf Saim Ayub Babar Azam Haseebullah Khan Hassan Nawaz Mohammad Nawaz Haris Rauf Mohammad Rizwan (wk) Naseem Shah Hussain Talat Mohammad Wasim Jr. Fakhar Zaman	Charith Asalanka (c) Dushmantha Chameera Asitha Fernando Wanindu Hasaranga Janith Liyanage Pramod Madushan Eshan Malinga Kamindu Mendis Kusal Mendis (wk) Kamil Mishara Pathum Nissanka Pavan Rathnayake Sadeera Samarawickrama (wk) Maheesh Theekshana Lahiru Udara Jeffrey Vandersay

On 9 November, Hassan Nawaz was dropped from the squad, and was replaced by Fakhar Zaman. ^[11]

ODI series

1st ODI

11 November 2025 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan   299/5 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 293/9 (50 overs)
Salman Ali Agha 105* (87) Wanindu Hasaranga 3/54 (10 overs)		Wanindu Hasaranga 59 (52) Haris Rauf 4/61 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 6 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Alex Wharf (Eng) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Salman Ali Agha (Pak)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Kamil Mishara (SL) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

14 November 2025 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka   288/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 289/2 (48.2 overs)
Janith Liyanage 54 (63) Abrar Ahmed 3/41		Babar Azam 102* (119) Dushmantha Chameera 2/58

Pakistan won by 8 wickets. Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Babar Azam (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Kusal Mendis (SL) played in his 150th ODI match.
• Babar Azam (Pak) Scored his 20th century equaling the record of Saeed Anwar for most ODI centuries for Pakistan. ^[12]

3rd ODI

16 November 2025 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka   211 (45.2 overs)	v	Pakistan 215/4 (44.4 overs)
Sadeera Samarawickrama 48 (65) Mohammad Wasim Jr. 3/47 (10 overs)		Mohammad Rizwan 61* (92) Jeffrey Vandersay 3/42 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Rashid Riaz (Pak) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Mohammad Wasim Jr. (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Pavan Rathnayake (SL) made his ODI debut.
• Mohammad Rizwan (Pak) played in his 100th ODI match. ^[13]

Notes

1. Salman Ali Agha captained Pakistan in the 2nd ODI.
2. Kusal Mendis captained Sri Lanka in the 3rd ODI.

References

1. "Pakistan to host Sri Lanka for ODIs in stacked home summer". International Cricket Council . Retrieved 9 September 2025.
2. "Sri Lanka to play bilateral ODI series in Pakistan after six years: PCB". Dawn . Retrieved 9 September 2025.
3. "Pakistan to host SL for three ODIs between SA series and T20I tri-series". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 9 September 2025.
4. "Pakistan to host Sri Lanka for three-match ODI series: Schedule, full list of matches, venues". Sportstar . Retrieved 9 September 2025.
5. "Pakistan to host Sri Lanka for three ODIs in Rawalpindi". Pakistan Cricket Board . Retrieved 9 September 2025.
6. "Pakistan to host Sri Lanka in an ODI series for the first time since 2019". Khaleej Times . Retrieved 9 September 2025.
7. "SLC threatens players with 'formal review' if they leave Pakistan; remaining matches postponed by a day". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 13 November 2025.
8. "Sri Lanka to continue cricket tour of Pakistan despite players raising security concerns". Associated Press. 12 November 2025. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
9. "Pakistan squads announced for white-ball series". Pakistan Cricket Board . Retrieved 23 October 2025.
10. "Sri Lanka name squads for Pakistan and Zimbabwe assignments". International Cricket Council . Retrieved 7 November 2025.
11. "Pakistan drop Hasan Nawaz from SL ODIs and T20I tri-series". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 9 November 2025.
12. "Babar equals Saeed Anwar's Pakistan ODI century record". Business Recorder. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
13. "Mohammad Rizwan achieves major landmark in third ODI against Sri Lanka". Geo Super. Retrieved 17 November 2025.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo