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A very sensational, exciting and big news is coming out from the international cricket field which will be recorded forever in the pages of history. The rivalry between India and Pakistan is well known in the cricket world, but this time the Pakistan cricket team has done something on the field which has directly equaled a historical and considered unbreakable record of the Indian team. In a recently played high-profile Tri-Series title match (Tri-Series Final), Pakistan has achieved a seemingly impossible victory against a strong team like Sri Lanka. While chasing the huge target of 325 runs given by Sri Lanka, the Pakistani team made the biggest run chase in the history and won the match by 3 wickets. With this spectacular win, Pakistan has achieved the highest successful chase in any final in the history of ODI cricket. Equaling 24 year old Team India’s world record Have done. Let us know in detail how Fakhar Zaman and Arafat Minhas changed history with their stormy innings in this exciting final match and what was the complete account of the match.
Pakistan created history with Fakhar Zaman’s stormy century and Arafat Minhas’ storm.
In the circles of cricket, whenever there was talk of the biggest run chase in the final of ODI matches, for the last 24 years only the Indian team was named at the top. In the year 2002, under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly, Team India created history by successfully achieving the huge target of 326 runs against England in the final of the NatWest Series at Lord’s. Now after such a long time, Pakistan has equaled this great record in the title match against Sri Lanka.
In this final match of the tri-series, Sri Lanka, batting first, scored a mountain-like score of 325 runs in the stipulated overs. In reply, the Pakistani team, which came to chase the target of 326 runs, had a very bad start and star batsman Babar Azam returned to the pavilion without opening his account. Opening batsman recovering from initial shock Fakhar Zaman Showing his class and aggressive attitude, he played a brilliant century of 127 runs in just 99 balls. The 149-run partnership between Fakhar Zaman and Saad Baig laid a strong foundation for Pakistan’s victory. Saad Baig also played a valuable and composed inning of 74 runs. Although some more wickets of Pakistan fell quickly in the middle overs, but after this the young batsmen came on the field. Arafat Minhas It blew away the senses of the Sri Lankan bowlers. Minhas scored more than 60 runs in just 31 balls, on the basis of which Pakistan achieved this record run chase.
Sri Lanka’s strong start but the innings faltered in the last overs.
In this title match, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first and put pressure on Pakistani bowlers from the very beginning. Sri Lankan openers Avishka Fernando and Kamindu Mendis added a brilliant 87 runs for the first wicket. After this, there was an excellent century partnership (146 runs) between Kamindu Mendis and Pawan Ratnayake, which put the team in a strong position.
At one time it seemed that the Sri Lankan team would easily reach the huge score of 340 to 350 runs. But in the last 10 overs of the innings, Pakistani bowlers made a brilliant comeback and took Sri Lankan wickets at regular intervals, due to which the entire Sri Lankan team was restricted to a score of 325 runs in 50 overs. If the Sri Lankan batsmen had kept the run rate faster in the last overs, perhaps the result of the match could have been different, but ultimately this score was too big for the final, which Pakistan overcame on the basis of its excellent batting.
Pakistani team is continuously getting stronger under the captaincy of Shaheen Afridi.
Fast bowler and current captain of Pakistan cricket team Shaheen Shah Afridi There were discussions going on for a long time regarding his captaincy, but recent figures show that he is giving a new direction to his team. Under the captaincy of Shaheen, Pakistan’s ODI team has played a total of 16 matches so far, out of which the team has registered a resounding victory in 11 matches and has faced defeat in only 5 matches. This performance of the team under his leadership is a testimony to the fact that this young and aggressive team of Pakistan is now fully prepared to give a tough competition to any opponent in big and pressure tournaments.
Complete list of biggest successful run chases in ODI final matches
Following is the list of selected matches recorded in the pages of cricket history where teams have created history by chasing the biggest targets in the final match:
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326 runs – India (vs England, 2002 – NatWest Series Final)
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326 runs – Pakistan (vs Sri Lanka, Year 2026 – Tri Series Final)
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315 runs – India (vs pakistan)
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298 runs – New Zealand (vs South Africa)
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287 runs – Australia (vs new zealand)
This historic victory of Pakistan has once again proved that in this format of cricket, no team can be underestimated until the last ball is bowled. Fakhar Zaman’s century and Arafat Minhas’ stormy innings will forever be remembered as the final match of this tri-series.