Pakistan’s former T20I captain, Babar Azam, didn’t enjoy his outing against the Sri Lanka side in the last group-stage clash of the Tri-series at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. It was a huge chase for the Green Brigade, who were unbeaten till that point in the competition and had already qualified for the final. 

The Pakistan batter came into the crease on the fifth ball of the fourth ball and pushed the fullish delivery from Dushmantha Chameera to the mid-off region. But he was trapped on his second delivery against the lanky pacer as the back of a length delivery stayed low and caught the right-handed batter in the crease.

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Babar couldn’t bring his bat down in time and was pinned right in front of the stumps as the umpire raised his finger. He decided to have a chat with his partner, Saim Ayub, and rightfully went against it and returned for his second-ball duck. He now joins Ayub and Umar Akmal to score the most T20I ducks (10) for Pakistan.

Watch: Babar Azam records his 10th T20I duck during PAK vs SL T20I

In the first innings, Sri Lanka used the conditions pretty well and ended with a fabulous score on the board. Their opening batter, Kamil Mishra, nailed a fine knock of 76 runs in 48 balls with the help of six boundaries and three sixes at a strike rate of 158.33, while their wicket-keeper batter, Kusal Mendis, smashed 40 runs in 23 balls.

Babar Azam 0(2) vs Sri Lanka

He now has 4 ducks in his last 9 T20I innings, joint-most for Pakistan (10) pic.twitter.com/N2d6GD847e

— Kh4N PCT (@Kh4N_PCT) November 27, 2025

Janith Liyanage remained unbeaten on 24 runs at a strike rate of 100 to cross the 180-run mark for the Pakistan side. Abra Ahmed was excellent with his figures of 2/28, while Salman Mirza ended with 1/29 in his four overs.

In the chase, Pakistan lost their four wickets inside the powerplay. Chameera breathed fire with magical figures of 3/3 in his two overs as Pakistan lost three of their top five batters with single-digit scores and were restricted to 47/4 in seven overs. A win for Sri Lanka would qualify them for the final.