Pakistan captain Shaheen Shah Afridi and Sri Lanka’s Charith Asalanka current for toss of first ODI at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on November 11, 2025. — PCB
Sri Lanka received the toss and elected to bowl first within the first one-day worldwide (ODI) of a three-match collection towards Pakistan on the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka are touring Pakistan for the three-match ODI collection, because the remaining two matches shall be performed on the similar venue on November 13 and 15.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka have come face-to-face 157 instances in ODIs, with the previous dominating the head-to-head report with 93 victories, in comparison with the 1996 champions’ 59. One match led to a tie, whereas 4 led to no end result.
Pakistan captain Shaheen Afridi and his Sri Lankan counterpart Charith Asalanka unveiled the glittering trophy on Monday.
The ODI collection shall be adopted by a tri-nation collection that includes Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe ranging from November.
The 2 groups final confronted one another in an ODI bilateral collection in 2019, which Pakistan received 2-0.
Taking part in XIs:
Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan(w), Salman Agha, Hussain Talat, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi(c), Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah.
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis(w), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka(c), Janith Liyanage, Kamindu Mendis, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Asitha Fernando.
