Rahul Tiwari
khelja|29-10-2024
Pathum Nissanka: It is said that 'Promising Birwan's leaves become smooth', this saying fits perfectly on Sri Lankan player Pathum Nissanka. Nissanka is considered to be the most talented player of Sri Lanka at present.
He had shown in the early stages of his career why he is rated so highly. In this article we will talk about that innings of Nissanka when he destroyed the team in front.
Pathum Nissanka becomes the first Sri Lankan batsman to score a double century
Actually this match was played between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan this year.
Nissanka became the first batsman from Sri Lanka to score a century in ODI cricket. This year, he scored a brilliant century while chasing runs in the fourth innings against England. In this match, Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bowl first.Nissanka and Avishka had a great opening partnership. Avishka and Nissanka started attacking the Afghanistan bowlers from the very beginning. Both added 182 runs in 26 overs for the first wicket. Avishka missed scoring a century. But Nissanka did not stop here and scored another century in ODI cricket.
Nissanka along with other batsmen started increasing the pace of the innings and within no time Nissanka scored the first double century for Sri Lanka.
Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 381 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. Nissanka scored unbeaten 210 runs while Avishka contributed 88 runs. Nissanka hit 20 fours and 8 sixes in his innings of 210 runs.Sri Lanka's easy victory
Chasing the target of 382 runs, the Afghanistan team had a very poor start and their batsmen were out early in front of the Sri Lankan bowlers. Azmatullah Omarzai and Mohammad Nabi tried their best, but could only manage the margin of defeat. Both of them scored centuries while batting from the bottom.
Omarzai scored 149 runs and Nabi scored 136 runs but despite that the Afghanistan team could score only 339 runs. Sri Lanka easily won this match by 42 runs. Pramod Madhusudan took maximum 4 wickets for Sri Lanka.
