Pakistan will compete Sri Lanka In the sixth match of the Pakistan T20I triangular series. This article provides details about the Pakistan vs Sri Lanka playing 11 for the sixth match of the series.
Pakistan Playing XI vs Sri Lanka – Pakistan T20I Tri Series 2025, Match 6:
Openers: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub
Pakistan will be looking to make it two consecutive wins against Sri Lanka in the tri-nation series when they face off in the upcoming match, having won the first encounter between the two teams.
The home team will also want to ensure that they do not get complacent in the match, having already qualified for the final with three wins in as many matches.
The Salman Ali Aga-led team will aim to deliver a complete performance in all three departments of the game and ultimately emerge victorious.,
The former T20 World Cup winner would like his batsmen to once again perform well as they have done in the last three matches to improve their chances of winning the game.,
For this to happen, they will want their openers to get the team off to a good start, as they have been able to do in some matches.
The pair of Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub are capable of doing their job as a partnership, but individually their performance has been indifferent so far.
While Farhan has been able to convert starts into meaningful contributions, Ayub has failed to do so and will look to get a big score in this particular match.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Babar Azam, Salman Agha (captain), Usman Khan (wicketkeeper), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf.
As far as Pakistan’s middle-order is concerned, it has seen a new look in the tri-series, with Usman Khan batting at number five, followed by Fakhar Zaman.
The move appears to be working for Pakistan, and the team is unlikely to change it, as there is no reason to do so.
It seems that the team management has identified the right combination in both the batting and bowling departments, apart from the right pace, to play in T20I cricket and they want the team to stick to the same till the 2026 T20 World Cup.,
Having said that, the captain and coach will also want the batsmen to put enough runs on the board while batting first for the bowlers to play, making the role of the top five batsmen crucial.
Bowlers: Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Usman Tariq
When it comes to the bowling attack, it has been going through a rotation policy that the team management has adopted in recent times, and it is expected that the same can be implemented in the last league game against Sri Lanka.
This means that there is a high possibility of Shaheen Afridi returning to the playing eleven for this particular match after not being a part of the playing team in the previous game.
Apart from Afridi’s return, the playing XI is expected to remain the same with two spinners and three fast bowlers, including all-rounder Faheem Ashraf.
The home team will look to give its best performance in an attempt to go into the finals with an unbeaten record in the series and it has the resources to do so.
