Rawalpindi: Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final to win the tri-series T20I.

In the match played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Pakistan achieved the target of 115 runs in the 19th over for the loss of 4 wickets.

Babar Azam was the standout for Pakistan by scoring 37 not out. Saim Ayub 36, Sahibzada Farhan 23, captain Salman Agha 14 and Fakhar Zaman were out for 3 runs.

Mohammad Nawaz remained not out for 3 runs.

For Sri Lanka, Pravan Ratnayake dismissed 2 players. Ishan Malinga and Winindu Hasaranga took 1 wicket each.

Earlier, Sri Lanka, batting first at the invitation of Pakistan, were bowled out for 114 runs in the 20th over.

Sri Lanka did not get off to a good start, after one out, a partnership of 64 runs was established, which was broken as soon as the batting line of the Lankan team turned out to be a pile of sand and 7 players could only score 16 runs.

When Sri Lanka opened the batting, Shaheen Afridi sent Patham Nissanka to the pavilion on a total score of 20 for 11.

After this, Mohammad Nawaz broke the 64-run partnership of the Sri Lankan batsmen and sent Kusal Mendis to the pavilion on an individual score of 14 and a total score of 84.

After this, Saim Ayub dealt a blow to the Sri Lankan team by taking the big wicket of Kamil Mishra. Mishra played a brilliant innings of 59 runs off 47 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 2 fours, thus the third wicket also fell on 98 runs.

Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Nawaz took three wickets each, while Abrar Ahmed took two wickets, and Saim Ayub and Salman Mirza took one wicket each. Kamil Mishra was the standout batsman with 59 runs, while eight Sri Lankan players failed to reach double figures.