RAWALPINDI CRICKET STADIUM: Pakistan has beaten Sri Lanka by 6 wickets to win the 3-match ODI series here on Sunday (16th November, 2025).
Earlier, bowlers of Pakistan restricted the visiting cricket team to 211 run. Haris Rauf took two scalps yielding only 38 runs; Muhammad Wasim Jr. sent three players back to pavilion for the cost of 47 runs; Spinner Faisal Akram bolted two more who scored 42 runs.
Chasing the target of 212 runs, Fakhar Zaman’s bat yielded fifty-five runs off 45 balls. Muhammad Rizwan faced 92 deliveries and mustered 61 runs up beating the cricket team of SL with thirty-two balls remaining.
Scores in brief:
Third ODI (16th Nov, 2025)
Sri Lanka: 211 all out, 45.2 overs (Sadeera Samarawickrama 48, Kusal Mendis 34, Pavan Rathnayake 32, Kamil Mishara 29, Pathum Nissanka 24; Mohammad Wasim Jnr 3-47, Haris Rauf 2-38, Faisal Akram 2-42)
Green Shirts: 215-4, 44.4 overs (Mohammad Rizwan 61 not out, Fakhar Zaman 55, Hussain Talat 42 not out, Babar Azam 34; Jeffrey Vandersay 3-42)
Player of the match – Mohammad Wasim Jr.
Player of the series – Haris Rauf
On 14th Nov Cricket team of Pakistan has beaten Sri Lankans by eight wickets, in the 2nd ODI of three match series. Earlier, on 11th Nov, Green Shirts had beaten visiting Sri Lankan cricket team by 6 runs in the 1st of the 3 ODI series. With the help of 105 runs (not out) by Salman Ali Agha, Talat’s 62 and 36 by Nawaz, Green Shirts managed to set 300-run target for visiting Cricket team of Sri Lanka.
Pk vs Porteas: Cricket team of Pakistan won the 3-match ODI series beating Proteas for the loss of just three wickets and 100 balls to spare here on 8th Nov, 2025). Pakistani spinner Abrar Ahmed hunted four scalps yielding 27 runs and contributed immensely in limiting the Proteas 143 runs in 37.5 overs. Afridi dismissed 2 , while Agha sent 2 more back to pavilion. Quinton de Kock, (whose unbeaten 123 runs had enabled the cricket team of South Africa beat Pakistan in the 2nd ODI played here on 6th Nov) scored 53 in the 3rd ODI.
Proteas: 143 all out, 37.5 overs (Quinton de Kock 53, Lhuan-dre Pretorius 39; Abrar Ahmed 4-27, Shaheen Shah Afridi 2-18, Salman Ali Agha 2-18, Mohammad Nawaz 2-31)
Green Shirts: 144-3, 25.1 overs (Saim Ayub 77, Mohammad Rizwan 32 not out, Babar Azam 27; Nandre Burger 1-29, Bjorn Fortuin 1-34)
Player of the match: Abrar Ahmed (Pakistan)
Quinton de Kock was declared player of the match.
1st ODI: Cricket team of Pakistan had beaten Porteas by 2 wickets in the 1st ODI of the 2 match series here on Tuesday (4th Nov, 2025).After winning the toss, the Cricket team of Pakistan invited Proteas to bat first. Green Shirts Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub and Abrar Ahmed bowled out the Cricket Team of Proteas for 263 runs (in 49.1 overs). Pakistan successfully chased the target in 49.4 overs for the loss of 8 wickets.
Cricket team of South Africa: Quinton de Kock 63, Lhuan-dre Pretorius 57, Matthew Breetzke 42, Corbin Bosch 41; Naseem Shah 3-40, Abrar Ahmed 3-53, Saim Ayub 2-39.
Cricket team of Pakistan: Salman Ali Agha 62, Mohammad Rizwan 55, Fakhar Zaman 45, Saim Ayub 39, Hussain Talat 22; Corbin Bosch 2-32, Lungi Ngidi 2-46, Donovan Ferreira 2-53.
Salman Ali Agha was declared Player of the Match.
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