Pakistan lift the Tri nation Series 2026

 

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 3 wickets in a closely fought final of the tri nation series also involving England. Fakhar Zaman once again proved himself to be a big match player by scoring a century in the final and by leading the run chase of 326 runs mammoth target set by Sri Lanka.

Pakistan were lucky in the Final that they won the toss and batted second at night when dew falls. The dew made Sri Lankan bowlers ineffective as they werent able to grip the ball properly especially Madushanka their main bowler neutralized by the heavy dew that fell in the Final. Arafat Minhas is probably the best find of the tri nation series as an all rounder as he once again played a gem of an innings to guide Pakistan's run chase which at one time was faltering at 230 for 5. 

In the end what I will like to say that Pakistan were the most consistent team in the Tri nation Series and truly deserve to lift the Trophy. 

Pakistan thrashed by Sri Lanka in their last league match tri nation series 2026

 

Pakistan were humbled by Sri Lanka in their last league match by 8 wickets scoring a paltry 110 runs in this match. This defeat means that Pakistan are the massive underdogs for the final with Sri Lanka favourites to win the tri nation series after their performance in this match.

Pakistan seemed to be clueless to Sri Lankan pace bowling especially Madhushanka who took five wickets. With this hapless batting performance I have little hope from their batting. Fakhar Zaman is continuously failing at the top order and he doesn't provide Pakistan with the good opening starts which Pakistan badly need.

In the end what I would like to say is that in the final Sahibzada Farhan should replace Fakhar Zaman to open with Maaz Sadaqat as Pakistan badly need inform openers to provide them with good starts.

Shadab khan leads Pakistan to the Final of Tri Nation series 2026

 

Shadab Khan single handedly led Pakistan to a thrilling and sensational one wicket victory over England in their third consecutive win in the tri nation series. Pakistan's top order again failed and their upper middle order with the exception of Saad Baig also did nothing. Then Shadab Khan rescued Pakistan alongwith Haris Rauf who scored 7 off 19 balls with a 89 run partnership for the last wicket.

Our bowlers led by Shaheen Afridi did well to restrict England to a low score of 241 runs and Shaheen Afridi was the pick of the bowlers with four wickets to his name. On the otherhand Shaheen Afridi who is captain of Pakistan team should have gone for the kill when Ben Duckett and Sam Curran were having a good partnership and should have brought Arafat Minhas much earlier in the bowling attack.

In the end what I would like to say is that Saim Ayub has been a complete failure at the top of the order and should be replaced by the inform Maaz Sadaqat.

Pakistan vs England Tri nation Series 2026

 

Pakistani bowlers again did an excellent job in restricting England to a total of 215 runs under tough conditions of dew in night time especially Arafat Minhas. Arafat Minhas played a perfect all round performance to single handedly hand England an 87 run defeat. 

In batting our revival begun with Babar Azam and Saad Baig's innings and then Hassan Nawaz played superbly to score 77 runs in partnership with Arafat Minhas who scored a useful 57 runs. Later on Arafat Minhas combined with Faheem Ashraf to lead Pakistan to a score of 302 runs. In Arafat Minhas Pakistan have found a match winner who is a skilful all rounder and is equally good with both bat and ball. 

In the end what I would like to say provided an extreme dent in form Pakistan should make the final of tri nation series on the back of these two comprehensive and crushing wins over Sri Lanka and England at Rawalpindi.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Tri nation Series 2026

 

Pakistani bowlers did a wonderful job restricting Sri Lanka to a score of 268 runs under lights despite tough dewy conditions at night. The Sri Lankans were cruising towards the target when they were 253 for 5 with plenty of balls to spare. Then they lost 5 wickets for the addition of only 15 runs. This collapse induced by Pakistani pace bowlers ensured that Pakistan won by 37 runs comfortably.

Salman Ali Agha played probably his career saving innings when he scored a match winning century in this match in quick time. He was ably assisted by Babar Azam, Saad Baig and Hassan Nawaz who scored substantially.

In the end what I would like to say is that Pakistan have begun this tournament well with a win.

Tri nation Series England, Sri Lanka and Pakistan

 

In my opinion Pakistan and England are the favourites to reach the final of trination series as Sri Lanka in current form are struggling in whiteball cricket. Sri Lanka not only lost the recent twenty20 series to Pakistan but also lost the ODI and Twenty20 series to England on their recent tour of England. Given that Pakistan are ranked above England and Sri Lanka in the ICC ODI rankings they should be able to reach the finals of this trination series. 

Pakistan are playing at home and they know their home conditions well and in this way they will prepare pitches that suit them. Also batting second in lights will be beneficial in these conditions due to dew factor at night.

In the end what I would like to say is that both England and Sri Lanka are capable of giving Pakistan a tough time throughout the Tri nation series and Pakistan will need to play good cricket if they are to reach the final of this tournament.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 3rd Twenty20 2026

 

This time round Pakistan failed to put a par score and ended with a modest total of 168 runs which was easily chased by Sri Lanka. This shows that Sri lanka were a strong team and we shouldnt have taken them lightly in the third twenty20 by resting four key players from the match winning combination in the first two matches which Pakistan won convincingly.

Abdul Samad, Sufyan Moqim, Arafat Minhas and Razaullah were the replacements in the third twenty20 international of which only Arafat Minhas did well. Maaz Sadaqat failed to score in this match which was a big blow as he was in form in this twenty20 series. Sahibzada Farhan and Arafat Minhas were the only ones to score runs for Pakistan in this twenty20. Sahibzada Farhan scored consistently in this series. Kamindu Mendis and Kusal Mendis then took Sri lanka to a comfortable 8 wicket victory over Pakistan with only 17 balls to spare.

In the end what i would like to say is that never disturb a winning combination which Pakistan did in the third twenty20 international.