Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 2025–26
international cricket tour
The Sri Lanka cricket team toured Pakistan in November 2025 to play the Pakistan cricket team. The tour consisted of three One Day International (ODI) matches followed by a tri-nation T20I series also involving Zimbabwe. In September 2025, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed the fixtures for the tour. All the matches were played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Sri Lanka had last toured Pakistan in 2019.
The last two matches of the series were delayed after several Sri Lankan players raised concerns over security following a suicide bombing in Islamabad on 11 November 2025. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) held discussions with security officials before confirming that the tour would continue under reinforced security arrangements. Both remaining One Day Internationals (ODIs) were rescheduled and moved to the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Squads
On 9 November, Hassan Nawaz was dropped from the squad, and was replaced by Fakhar Zaman.
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