The seven T20Is will be part of the first leg of England's tour of Pakistan and they will return after the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Australia 2022 for three Tests in December.
Mohammad Rizwan put on a good partnership with opener Abdullah Shafique to put Sri Lanka close to winning the game. Shafique finished the game at an unbeaten 160 runs.
While wickets continued to collapse at one end, Azam put up a gritty resistance at the other. As he has made a habit of, he broke yet another record during his innings - he became the fastest Pakistan batter to 10,000 international runs across formats and fourth overall.
As wickets were falling, Chandimal was dogged in his resistance, playing a vital knock of 76. He also played a few brilliant shots, taking the attack to the Pakistan pacers.