Pakistan have won the cricket tri-series after beating Sri Lanka by three wickets in the final at a packed Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The Green Shirts chased 325 and finished on 331 for seven in 48.3 overs, adding the multi-team ODI trophy to a long unbeaten run in home series.
Across the five-match tournament they defeated England twice and Sri Lanka twice. That campaign delivered their tenth straight home series without a loss, covering bilateral and multi-nation events staged in Pakistan.
How the final unfolded
Sri Lanka set a stiff total of 325. Pakistan answered in a high-scoring contest, reaching the target with seven wickets down and more than an over unused. The three-wicket margin closed a tournament in which the hosts had already shown consistent form against both visiting sides.
The crowd filled Gaddafi Stadium for the decider, underlining demand for international one-day cricket in Lahore when the national side is in strong home form.
Tenth home series without defeat
The cricket tri-series title sits at the end of a sequence that began against Bangladesh in May and June 2025. Pakistan whitewashed that T20I series 3-0 at Gaddafi Stadium, with Mohammad Haris scoring an unbeaten hundred in the third match.
They then drew a two-Test series with World Test champions South Africa 1-1 after a 93-run win and a Rawalpindi reply from the visitors. Both white-ball legs against South Africa finished 2-1 to Pakistan. The ODI rubber also brought international cricket back to Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad after 17 years; Pakistan won the decider by seven wickets to take that series 2-1.
A 3-0 ODI sweep of Sri Lanka followed, then a T20I tri-series win with Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, sealed by a six-wicket final victory over Sri Lanka. In 2026 Pakistan swept Australia 3-0 in T20Is, recovered from a second-ODI defeat to win that ODI series 2-1, and later took a 2-1 T20I series against Sri Lanka before lifting this ODI cricket tri-series trophy with England and Sri Lanka involved.
Timeline: what has happened so far
- May–June 2025: Pakistan complete a 3-0 T20I sweep of Bangladesh at Gaddafi Stadium.
- Later 2025: Tests against South Africa finish 1-1; ODIs and T20Is against South Africa both go 2-1 to Pakistan, including a Faisalabad ODI return after 17 years.
- Later 2025: Pakistan whitewash Sri Lanka 3-0 in ODIs, then win a T20I tri-series with Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
- 2026: Pakistan win all three T20Is against Australia and take the ODI series 2-1.
- 2026: A 2-1 T20I series win over Sri Lanka precedes the ODI tri-series title against England and Sri Lanka in Lahore.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Pakistan ne Lahore ke Gaddafi Stadium par ODI cricket tri-series jeet li hai. Final mein Sri Lanka ke 325 runs ka target chase karke teen wickets se match jeeta. England aur Sri Lanka dono ko do-do dafa haraya gaya. Yeh ghar par lagataar dusri series hai jismein Pakistan bina haare khelta gaya hai.
