Welcome to the highlights of Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20I - 2026 Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 5-match T20I series - The second Twenty20 International cricket match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka was played at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi on October 11, 2026.
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| Maaz Sadaqat raises a fine half-century © Getty Images |
Match Overview:
Maaz Sadaqat's career-best whirlwind 51-ball 96 and Sahibzada Farhan's quick-fire 44-ball 73 before A economical bowling by Mohammad Imran's 3 for 11 sets up to Pakistan's record 82-run victory over Sri Lanka took an unassailable 2-0 lead to seal the series in a one-sided second T20I.
Match Stats:
- Pakistan's 82-run win was their largest victory by terms of runs against Sri Lanka in T20 international, previous biggest win by 52-runs at Colombo (RPS) in 2009.
- 55 : Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman shared the fourth highest first-wicket partnership for Pakistan against Sri Lanka in T20Is.
- 88 : Sahibzada Farhan and Maaz Sadaqat shared the second highest second-wicket partnership for Pakistan against Sri Lanka in T20Is, The highest is 92-run stand between these same pair at same venue earlier in this series' first T20I.
- 72 : Maaz Sadaqat and Hasan Nawaz shared the third highest third-wicket partnership for Pakistan against Sri Lanka in T20Is.
- Maaz Sadaqat's 96 was his highest score for Pakistan in T20 international and the second highest-score by an Pakistan batsman against Sri Lanka in T20Is after Sahibzada Farhan's 100 at Pallekele earlier in this year's T20 World Cup.
- Pakistan's 215 was their second highest score in T20 international after their 232 against England at Nottingham in 2021 and It is their highest-score against Sri Lanka in T20Is, previous highest was 212 at Pallekele earlier in this year's T20 World Cup.
- Pakistan's 215 was the highest total by any team at Rawalpindi in T20Is, improving their own record of 195 against Zimbabwe in the previous year.
- 50 : Chamindu Wickramasinghe and Maheesh Theekshana shared the third highest seventh-wicket partnership for Sri Lanka against Pakistan in T20Is.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Pakistan scored massive total of 215-3 in 20 overs with top scorer by Maaz Sadaqat hammered a career-best 96 off 51-balls - who fell four-run short of his century.
Sahibzada Farhan blasted a 73 off 44-balls including 5-sixes & 4-fours with strike rate of 165.90, Fakhar Zaman cracked a 22 off 17-balls included 4-fours and Hasan Nawaz hit a unbeaten 19 off 9-balls contained one-six & a four with strike rate of 211.11.
Sri Lanka best bowler by Dasun Shanaka, Eshan Malinga and Maheesh Theekshana each took one-wickets.
Sri Lanka scored 133-7 in 20 overs with top scorer by Maheesh Theekshana cracked a 32 off 26-balls including 4-fours.
Chamindu Wickramasinghe struck 29 off 24-balls including one-six & a four, Kamindu Mendis hit 23 off 19-balls included 2-fours & a six and Sineth Jayawardena struck 22 off 21-balls contained 4-fours.
Pakistan best bowler by Mohammad Imran picked up 3-wickets for 11-runs in 4-overs with economy rate of 2.75, Salman Mirza took 2-wickets and one for Saim Ayub - Shadab Khan.
Maaz Sadaqat named Player of the match for his whirlwind batting performance to smashed a career-best 96 off facing 51-balls including 7-sixes & 6-fours with strike rate of 188.23.
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