- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.6 gets a wicket. It's chipped into the onside, where Faheem Ashraf takes a simple catch 10/11.5 Gets his man! Mishara's high-risk approach runs of gas. Tried to go through the covers again, but there was no footwork as he reached for it. Gets a faint edge that the keeper takes, but it's a very nice cameo 22/28.5 Deep extra cover takes the catch! Mendis was always at the risk of mistiming these because he sits deep in the crease and does not transfer too much body weight. A fuller baller, stopping in the pitch, and Wasim finally has the batter just as he was starting to look good 100/45.1 goes high, goes nowhere! Grip off the surface, as the ball lands just outside off. He shifts to the leg side to generate some room, but the power doesn't follow. Safely in the hands of long off and he has to walk back 54/39.1 Long on takes the catch! It was pitched outside off. Once again, the batter reached out and swung at it with no timing. The fielder tumbles but recovers well, with ball still in hand 102/511.4 Ayub takes the catch. Dragged the length back, and finally, he tries to jump at the ball but the height goes against him as he hits it too flat at deep cover 154/6Extras10 (lb 3, w 7)TOTAL160/6 (12 Overs, RR: 13.33)Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Pathum Nissanka, 0.6 ov), 2-22 (Kamil Mishara, 1.5 ov), 3-54 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 5.1 ov), 4-100 (Kusal Mendis, 8.5 ov), 5-102 (Charith Asalanka, 9.1 ov), 6-154 (Dasun Shanaka, 11.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Naseem Shah 3 0 35 1 11.66 7 5 1 3 0 Mohammad Wasim(1) 3 0 54 3 18 4 2 6 2 0 Abrar Ahmed 2 0 22 0 11 2 3 0 1 0 Shadab Khan 2 0 19 0 9.5 2 1 1 0 0 Mohammad Nawaz(3) 1 0 8 1 8 2 1 0 0 0 Faheem Ashraf 1 0 19 1 19 1 1 2 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.2 Chopped it back onto his stumps. Tightens the line so that it cramps him up, and the length is fuller too. Farhan tries to play the ball squarer, on the off side, but sees his stumps rattled instead 9/14.1 ...and he makes an immediate impact. The ball is spinning away, almost a long hop towards fifth stump. Ayub's balance was not there as he swung it towards long-on, who falls over but completes a comfortable catch nonetheless 62/33.4 The fun is over! He tries the exact same shot once again. Pathirana was smart in bowling much fuller, right on the stumps, knowing he would hit out or get out. He, in the end, gets out, but with a huge chunk of the chase done 60/24.5 A slog sweep to midwicket - except, there's no timing as he swings through the arc. Caught to complete what has suddenly turned into a crucial over for Sri Lanka 67/410.3 Malinga looks on from the edge of the field and he'd be proud of him with that one - gives no rooms for the batter to free his arms. Perfect length, short of a yorker, rolled his fingers over the ball. Nawaz misses the ball completely. Good knock for him but not quite enough. Sri Lanka will sense they are ascending in this contest... 133/79.1 Mid-off takes an easy catch. Hasaranga pitches it short of a length, on seventh stump, and spins it away to right on top of the wide marker. He swings at it but the ball is too far away for any genuine power to go into the shot 116/59.4 Hasaranga's showing who's king of this pitch. He mimics the KL Rahul celebration, just like Rickelton did a couple of days ago, by pointing aggressively at the ground. The ball was similar enough, but a similar change in pace, a little more spin, and the arc of the bat only took the ball to the hands of deep square-leg 123/611.1 Malinga keeps it wide and full. The batter does not make a connection. They attempt a bye. Mendis underhands the ball and hits the target. The third umpire just has to look once - the non-striker, Ashraf, was miles away from the crease by the time the stumps were broken 141/8Extras8 (lb 1, w 7)TOTAL146/8 (12 Overs, RR: 12.16)Did not bat: Abrar AhmedFall of wickets: 1-9 (Sahibzada Farhan, 1.2 ov), 2-60 (Salman Agha, 3.4 ov), 3-62 (Saim Ayub, 4.1 ov), 4-67 (Usman Khan, 4.5 ov), 5-116 (Khawaja Nafay, 9.1 ov), 6-123 (Shadab Khan, 9.4 ov), 7-133 (Mohammad Nawaz, 10.3 ov), 8-141 (Faheem Ashraf, 11.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB M Theekshana 2 0 27 0 13.5 4 4 1 0 0 E Malinga 2 0 27 1 13.5 6 3 1 5 0 M Pathirana 3 0 34 2 11.33 3 1 3 1 0 PW Hasaranga 3 0 35 4 11.66 7 5 1 1 0 DM de Silva 2 0 22 0 11 2 0 2 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Pakistan , elected to field first
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Player Of The Series
Series result
3-match series drawn 1-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20
Match days
11 January 2026 - night match (20-over match)
T20I debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 3.4 (Mandatory - 47 runs, 2 wickets)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 4.1 overs (25 balls), Extras 6
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 8.4 overs (52 balls), Extras 7
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls), Extras 9
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 14 balls (MD Shanaka 32, J Liyanage 18, Ex 2)
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 160/6 in 12.0 overs (J Liyanage 22, PW Hasaranga 1)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 4.0 (Mandatory - 60 runs, 2 wickets)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 3.1 overs (19 balls), Extras 1
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 13 balls (Saim Ayub 5, Agha Salman 45, Ex 1)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 7.6 overs (48 balls), Extras 2
- Over 11.6: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RA Kottahachchi, Batter - Mohammad Wasim (1) (Struck down)
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