Mother used to sell flowers in front of the temple … Father was a ground boy, son earned name in cricket, the biggest innings played in Test

Mother used to sell flowers in front of the temple … Father was a ground boy, son earned name in cricket, the biggest innings played in Test

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Pathum Nisanka scored 187 runs in the first innings against Bangladesh. He definitely missed his first Test double century but during this time he completed 1000 runs in cricket’s longest format. Nisanka comes from a poor family …Read more

Mother used to sell flowers ... Father was a ground boy, son earned a name in cricket

Pathum Nisanka missed a double century against Bangladesh.

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  • Pathum Nisanka scored 187 runs against Bangladesh
  • Nisanka scored a double century in ODIs last year
  • Right -handed batsman Nisanka’s childhood spent poverty

New Delhi. Pathums are playing good innings in Nisanka International cricket continuously. The Srilankai opener hardly removed his team by playing a brilliant innings in the first Test match of the series against Bangladesh. Right -handed Nisanka, in the first innings of the ongoing Test match in Gaul, of course missed his double century but he played his biggest innings of Test career. In February last year, Nisanka scored history by scoring a double century in ODIs against Afghanistan. He held one end in the Gaul Test match and saved the team’s shame by playing a restrained innings. Nisanka’s childhood is spent in poverty. He has faced a lot of difficulties to travel here.

Pathum Nissanka’s mother used to sell flowers in front of the temple earlier while the father was a ground boy. Born in 1998, Nisanka was attached to cricket from school days. He did not leave cricket even in this poverty. He worked hard to fulfill his dream. His parents made the son a day and night to make the son a cricketer. Nisanka was rich in talent since childhood. He has played cricket on behalf of Kalutara School. Nisanka made a lot of headlines by playing 205 runs off 190 balls in the match against President College in the School Cricket Championship.

Nisanka started List A Cricket Career on behalf of Hambantota district in Districts ODI tournaments. On 24 February 2018, he made his T20 debut in the 2017-18 SLC T20 tournament on behalf of Baduralia Sports Club. He became the 10th batsman in the world to score a double century in ODI international cricket in 2024. Nisanka scored 210 not out with the help of 20 fours and 8 sixes against Afghanistan. Nisanka then broke the record of veteran Sanath Jayasuriya who played 189 runs against India 24 years ago.

27 -year -old Pathum Nisanka has played 16 Tests, 66 ODIs and 62 T20 International matches for Sri Lanka. He has 936 runs in the Test while he has scored 2508 runs in ODIs. Nisanka has scored 1734 runs in T20. He has scored 2 centuries in Tests and 6 in ODIs.

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Active in journalism for nearly 15 years. Study from Delhi University. Interest in sports, especially in cricket, badminton, boxing and wrestling. IPL, Commonwealth Games and Pro Wrestling League events have been covered. From February 2022 …Read more

Active in journalism for nearly 15 years. Study from Delhi University. Interest in sports, especially in cricket, badminton, boxing and wrestling. IPL, Commonwealth Games and Pro Wrestling League events have been covered. From February 2022 … Read more

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