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Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe will compete in a tri-series as part of their T20 World Cup preparations. All three teams will be looking to build form and confidence ahead of the tournament which begins in February 2026.

Zimbabwe, who did not qualify for the 2024 edition, won the Africa Region Final against fellow African World Cup participant Namibia. Sri Lanka qualified for the tournament as co-hosts alongside India, while Pakistan qualified via the T20 rankings.

Pakistan T20I Tri-Series 2025 schedule featuring Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka

The Pakistan T20I Tri-Series begins on November 17. Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium will host the first two matches before the action moves to Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium.

Pakistan and Sri Lanka’s last T20 assignment was the Asia Cup. Pakistan reached the final while Sri Lanka went winless in the Super Four stage after making a promising start to the tournament.

Zimbabwe will be looking to bounce back after they were swept 3-0 against Afghanistan at home. The final game, where they came close to chasing 211, gave Sikandar Raza plenty of hope.

“The batters challenged themselves after the last game, saying we are much better than what we are producing. We took a lot more honor in our performances today. I think we all needed a kick up the backside today,” Sikandar said in the presentation following the third T20I.

“We challenged one another and kept telling ourselves that we are better than what we were producing. We said, ‘If you look at the last T20 innings we have played against Test nations, this is not who Zimbabwe is. Let’s just demand a lot more from each other because we deserve better.’ We’re really happy with how the boys responded.”

Afghanistan were originally scheduled to participate in this Tri-Series. However, the Afghanistan Cricket Board withdrew in October following a cross-border attack that killed three local cricketers, as reported by ESPNcricinfo.