Rawalpindi (TNS) Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the third ODI match and swept the series. In the last match of the series played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Pakistan easily achieved the visiting team’s target of 212 runs in the 45th over for the loss of 4 wickets. For Pakistan, Mohammad Rizwan scored an unbeaten 61 runs and Hussain Talat played an innings of 42 runs. Opening batsman Fakhar Zaman scored another fifty in the series and scored 55 runs, while Babar Azam, who scored a century in the second match, was dismissed for 34 runs. Wicketkeeper-batter Haseebullah Khan could not open the account despite facing 12 balls, while Salman Ali Agha scored only 6 runs. For Sri Lanka, Jeffrey Wenders took 3. Mahesh Thikshana took one wicket. Earlier, the Sri Lankan team could not settle down and bat in front of the Pakistani bowlers and the entire team was all out for 211 runs in the 46th over. Middle-order batter Sudheera Samarawickrama appeared to resist the Pakistani bowlers by scoring 48 runs, captain Kusal Mendis was dismissed for 34 runs, Kamil Mishra returned to the pavilion after scoring 29 runs. For Pakistan, Mohammad Wasim Jr. took 3 wickets for 47 runs, young spinner Faisal Akram and fast bowler Haris Rauf took 2 wickets each, Faheem Ashraf and captain Shaheen Shah Afridi took one wicket each. It should be noted that Pakistan had defeated the visiting team by 6 wickets in the first match of the ODI series and by 8 wickets in the second ODI.
