PAK VS SL - 3rd Match, Pakistan T20I Tri-Series 2025

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Salman Ali Agha | Pakistan captain: It was a complete game. I think we were very good in bowling and fielding and batting as well. We started very well in all three departments, to be honest. And that's what we'll look for in the games. (on allrounders) We have the luxury. Nawaz and Faheem, they are all-rounders, but they can bat if they are batsmen. And then when it comes to bowling, they are four-over bowlers who can take wickets as well. So, that's what we have. We have a luxury and we're using it. (on bench strength) We always look for the bench strength. And now, we have bowlers sitting on the bench who can come and put up the performance he (Wasim Jr) put up today. And that's what we always wanted. Have a perfect bench strength whenever we need anyone who can come and perform the way he's performing. And he's becoming a front-line bowler as well. And Salman, actually, a few seasons ago, was a bench kind of a bowler. But now, he's becoming a front-line bowler. So, it is something I wanted to have. But it is tough now to make the playing XI. (on Farhan) We always wanted to start well. And he's someone who, if he bats like 3-4 over can take the game away from any opposition. And that's what he did today. And I'm very happy for him. I just want us to bowl well whenever we started. Basically, I want to start well batting and bowling. And we did that today. (on things falling into place for the T20 World Cup next year) We're very close to having a perfect playing eleven. And that's what we're trying. And we're giving the chances to players who are not obviously front-line bowlers. But everyone is coming and chipping in every single game. And I'm very happy with that.

Dasun Shanaka | Sri Lanka captain: Absolutely. First of all, I must admit that we aren't a team who must perform like this. We got a better team who should perform well at this level. Of course, I feel like the intent was not there. So, we are losing wickets in clusters. So, that being a major concern, I don't know since we arrived here, we haven't found that rhythm of batting in these pitches. So, we need to work on that a bit, but I'm sure we are a better team than this.

Mohammad Nawaz | Player of the Match (translated from Urdu): Control is very important for any bowler, if you miss your line and length and the batters will hit. On such a pitch, I focus on giving the ball revs and then on the line and length. When the ball has revs, after pitching it does something. For the leftie it turned as there was a bit of rough for me, but for the rightie it didn't that much. When you are doing well you enjoy, I'm fully focussed and I try to give my 100% every day, I try to create an impact for the team.

Stats by Shashikant Singh

Most 50-plus scores this year (T20s)
15 - Karanbir Singh
15 - Nicholas Pooran
15 - Sahibzada Farhan*
14 - Jos Buttler
13 - Shai Hope

Farhan hit 102 sixes this year - the first Pakistani and overall 12th batter to hit 100-plus sixes in a calendar year in T20s. Only Karanbir Singh (122) and Nicholas Pooran (103) hit more than him in 2025.

80* runs by Sahibzada Farhan is the highest individual score for Pakistan against Sri Lanka. The previous highest was 57 runs by Shoaib Malik at Johannesburg in the 2007 WC in their inaugural H2H T20I game. 5 sixes by Farhan are also the most by a Pakistani against Sri Lanka.

Pakistan batters today (by footwork)
Front foot: 38(38), SR: 100.0, two dismissals
Back foot: 77(46), SR: 145.65
Down the track: 16(5), SR: 320.0
Backs away: 0(3), SR: 0.0, one dismissal
No movement: 0(1), SR: 0.0

Pakistan batters attempted 10 pull/hook shots today and scored 31 runs (SR: 310.0) with the help of four sixes and one four.

20:57 Local Time, 15:57 GMT, 21:27 IST: Fourth T20I win for Pakistan in a row. Once Sri Lanka made just 128, it was tough. And they didn't get early wickets as well which made it even more tougher. Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub put the chase to bed with a 47-run stand inside the powerplay. Farhan continued on and showed his brutal muscle as he belted the ball. He was severe on anything loose and finished unbeaten on 80 off just 45 balls. Shanaka tried Hasaranga inside the powerplay and even brought himself on, but it was to no avail. Babar and Salman Agha went in successive balls to Chameera but that was just a blip and soon the job was done. After the first round of this tri-series, Sri Lanka remain winless. Stay tuned for the post-match stuff...

Eshan Malinga to Sahibzada Farhan, FOUR, fittingly Sahibzada Farhan finishes it off. A full delivery on the stumps, Farhan gets forward and lofts over mid-on, didn't get all of it, but it's enough, one bounce over the ropes

Eshan Malinga to Usman Khan, 1 run, good length outside off, Usman Khan gets forward and opens the face of the bat to guide it down to third man

Eshan Malinga to Usman Khan, leg byes, FOUR, poor line, slung down leg, Usman Khan flicks and misses, flicks the thigh pad and beats Kusal Mendis's dive to his left, runs away

Eshan Malinga [2.0-0-23-0] is back into the attack

V Viyaskanth to Usman Khan, 1 run, the leg-break is on a length outside off, turns away, Usman Khan goes on the back foot and cuts to sweeper cover

V Viyaskanth to Sahibzada Farhan, 1 run, tossed up full on leg-stump, Sahibzada Farhan gets forward to drive to long-on

V Viyaskanth to Usman Khan, 1 run, quicker and shorter outside off, Usman Khan goes on the back foot and cuts to sweeper cover

V Viyaskanth to Sahibzada Farhan, 1 run, pushed through on a good length on middle, Sahibzada Farhan goes on the back foot and flicks, sort of a thick leading-edge and it dribbles down to long-on

V Viyaskanth to Usman Khan, 1 run, flat good length outside off, Usman Khan goes on the back foot and punches it down to long-on

V Viyaskanth to Usman Khan, no run, tossed up full on off, Usman Khan gets forward to defend it back

Vijayakanth Viyaskanth [3.0-0-23-0] is back into the attack

Chameera to Usman Khan, 1 run, length delivery on off, Usman Khan gets forward to push to mid-on and is off the mark, prevents the hat-trick

Usman Khan, right handed bat, comes to the crease