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Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI: Pakistan won by 37 runs

Pakistan 305; our pre-match call 75%. Sri Lanka 268; our pre-match call 25%.

Pakistan ODI tri-series 2026, 1st ODI

Pakistan won by 37 runs

Sunday 18 October 2026, 1:00pm GMT+5 (day/night)Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi

Prediction locked in 18th October, 00:23 UTCWhen we've said 70–80%, the favourite won 111 of 151

Our call and the result

Our callResultWinner
Pakistan 75%favourites
Pakistan(called right)won by 37 runs
First innings
298projected for Pakistan batting first; par 288
305305 all out (49.5 overs), 17 over par

Pakistan 305 all out (49.5 overs). Sri Lanka 268 all out (48.1 overs).

Win probability

Biggest swings

  1. 37.2Pavan Rathnayake caught off Faheem AshrafPakistan 68% to 79%
  2. 43.4Janith Liyanage caught off Haris RaufPakistan 63% to 73%
  3. 44.2Dasun Shanaka caught off Shaheen Shah AfridiPakistan 73% to 82%

Scorecard

Pakistan batting
BatterRB4s6sSR
Fakhar Zamanc Colombage b Madushanka16192184.2
Saim Ayubc Liyanage b Madushanka780187.5
Babar Azamc Rathnayake b Malinga45576078.9
Saad Baig (wk)c Colombage b Malinga39403297.5
Salman Aghac Shanaka b Fernando10790101118.9
Hasan Nawazc Rathnayake b Fernando37492275.5
Arafat Minhasc Mendis b Fernando181520120.0
Faheem Ashrafc Mendis b Malinga6600100.0
Shaheen Shah Afridi (c)not out131220108.3
Naseem Shahlbw b Malinga01000.0
Haris Raufrun out (Arachchige/Malinga)04000.0
Extras (lb 4, w 11, nb 2)17
Total (49.5 overs)305

Fall of wickets 1–23 (Saim Ayub, 3.4 overs), 2–32 (Fakhar Zaman, 5.5 overs), 3–106 (Babar Azam, 19.4 overs), 4–118 (Saad Baig, 21.5 overs), 5–215 (Hasan Nawaz, 37.2 overs), 6–279 (Arafat Minhas, 45 overs), 7–291 (Salman Agha, 46.5 overs), 8–293 (Faheem Ashraf, 47.2 overs), 9–293 (Naseem Shah, 47.3 overs), 10–305 (Haris Rauf, 49.5 overs)

Sri Lanka bowling
BowlerOMRWEcon
Asitha Fernando1015935.90
Dilshan Madushanka1006726.70
Dasun Shanaka704105.86
Eshan Malinga9.514644.68
Sachindu Colombage1006106.10
Kamindu Mendis201909.50
Sahan Arachchige10808.00

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