Pathum Nissanka
Sri Lanka’s 25-year-old right-handed opening batsman Pathum Nissanka managed to score a double century in the first game of the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan. Pathum has now become the first player in ODI cricket for Sri Lanka to score a double century. Earlier, Sanath Jayasuriya managed to top score for Sri Lanka in ODI, having scored an innings of 189 runs against India in 2000. Due to the strength of Pathum’s innings, Sri Lanka managed to score 381 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 50 overs in this first match.
Pathum hit eight sixes in his innings
In this first ODI match, the Afghanistan team opted to bowl after winning the toss. Thereafter, Pathum Nissanka and Avishka Fernando, who started the innings for Sri Lanka, did not let the team suffer a setback in the first 10 overs and took the score to 90 runs. Thereafter, there was a 182-run partnership between the two on the first wicket. Fernando returned to the pavilion in this match after playing 88 innings off 88 balls. While Pathum Nissanka continued the process of scoring runs from one end. Nissanka remained unbeaten until the end, facing 139 balls and playing 210 innings in which he also hit 20 fours and 8 sixes.
Players who scored the most runs in ODI for Sri Lanka
Pathum Nissanka – 210 runs (not out) vs Afghanistan, 2024
Sanath Jayasuriya-189 runs against India, 2000
Upul Tharanga – 174 not out against India, 2013
Scored the fifth highest ODI score
Pathum Nissanka is now joint fifth with Fakhar Zaman in scoring the most individual innings in a match in the ODI format. The record for most individual runs in ODI belongs to Rohit Sharma, who scored 264 runs against Sri Lanka in 2014. While Fakhar Zaman also played an unbeaten innings of 210 runs in the match against Zimbabwe in 2018.
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