Watch: Babar Azam dismissed for a five-ball duck during PAK vs SL tri-series 2026 final

On a final’s day, the eyes always remain on the veteran star players, and Babar Azam is one of them. However, unfortunately, he was dismissed for a five-ball duck during the final of the tri-series 2026 between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, which took place at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. 

Heading into the final, Babar Azam struggled massively in the series with no half-century in his name. He got the starts but wasn’t able to convert them into big scores. And on a day when he was needed the most, the right-handed batter failed to open his account.

Babar Azam out for a duck in the final: Watch how he was dismissed

It was the third delivery of the fourth over of the chase. It was a pitched-up from the left-arm pacer, Dilshan Madushanka, which got it to nip away with the angle and drew Babar into the big drive, but with the soft hands. Pavan Rathnayake was stationed at the gully and grabbed a fine catch at the end.

Watch Babar's dismissal here- 

It was a juggling grab from the field after repeated attempts. The third was called through. The ball went chest high to the fielder’s right, where he grabbed it. It popped out of his grasp as he seemed to have lost it on the rebound. But he finally managed to get his left hand down.

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Babar was dismissed for a five-ball duck. That hasn’t been a good time for the star player, who hasn’t scored a century across formats for a long time as the pressure mounts over him.

How Pakistan started their chase against Sri Lanka in the tri-series 2026 final

Sri Lanka, batting first, posted a huge score of 325 runs for the loss of eight wickets in their allotted 50 overs as their opener, Kamindu Mendis, smashed a dashing knock of 131 runs off 128 balls with 12 boundaries and a pair of sixes at a strike rate of 102.34. He was well supported by Pavan Rathanayake’s 77 runs off 65 balls.

Pakistan lost both openers early and were reduced to 14/2 before Fakhar Zaman and Saad Baig started to take on the visiting bowlers and shift the momentum in their favour.

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Brief Scores: Pakistan 84/2 (Saad Baig 39*, Dilshan Madushanka 2/23) vs Sri Lanka 325/8 (Kamindu Mendis 131, Pavan Rathnayake 77, Salman Agha 2/44)