Saud Shakeel made 93 and 97, and the first Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test ended in a draw in Rawalpindi
Sri Lanka took four wickets before lunch on the last day, but Shakeel and Ghazi Ghori batted them out of it, and the series is still 0-0 with one Test left.
Nov 13, 2026
Saud Shakeel needed three more runs, and the light was going. He tried to hit Lahiru Kumara back over his head, missed, and was bowled for 97. The players shook hands straight after, 25 minutes into the final session, with Pakistan on 284 for 8 and 272 ahead.
That was the end of the first Test in Rawalpindi, drawn on Friday, 13 November, with the two-match series level at 0-0. Shakeel had made 93 in the first innings, so he finished the match with 190 runs and no hundred.
Two wickets in six balls
Pakistan began the last day on 57 for 1, only 45 in front, and for a session it looked as if Sri Lanka might steal it. Azan Awais edged the first ball of the morning from Kumara to second slip, and five balls later Asitha Fernando found Mohammad Taha’s edge. That left Pakistan 57 for 3.
Babar Azam played some handsome drives on his way to 34 off 48 balls. Sri Lanka then put a fielder at short square leg, and Babar flicked Milan Rathnayaka straight to him, out at 107 for 4. Salman Agha went the same way off Rathnayaka for 13, Pasindu Sooriyabandara taking a sharp catch. At lunch Pakistan were 151 for 5, a lead of 139.
Shakeel and Ghori shut it down
Shakeel and the wicketkeeper Ghazi Ghori came together late in the morning and stayed until well into the afternoon. They added 92 for the sixth wicket, and by then Sri Lanka had run out of time. Rathnayaka finally got Ghori caught behind for 35, and finished with 3 for 47 from 20 overs. Dhananjaya de Silva had Arafat Minhas caught for 16 at 261 for 7.
Shakeel then went looking for his hundred before the light gave out. His 97 came off 210 balls with seven fours. In the first innings he had been caught behind off Fernando for 93.
The draw gives each side four World Test Championship points. Saqib Khan, one of Pakistan’s four debutants, was named player of the match for his 7 for 130. Sri Lanka still made 446, with hundreds from Kusal Mendis and de Silva, and led by 12 on first innings. Bad light stopped play on all five days.
The second Test starts at the same ground on Tuesday, 17 November. It was meant to be played in Lahore but was moved because of smog.