Pathum Nissanka

Pathum Nissanka Silva (born 18 May 1998) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays all formats for Sri Lanka.[1] He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in March 2021.[2]

Pathum Nissanka
Personal information
Full namePathum Nissanka Silva
Born (1998-05-18) 18 May 1998
Galle, Sri Lanka
BattingRight handed
RoleTop-order batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 155)21 March 2021 v West Indies
Last Test4 March 2022 v India
ODI debut (cap 194)10 March 2021 v West Indies
Last ODI21 January 2022 v Zimbabwe
T20I debut (cap 86)3 March 2021 v West Indies
Last T20I27 February 2022 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–2018Badureliya
2019–presentNondescripts Cricket Club
2021Colombo Stars
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 7 12 20 40
Runs scored 494 232 562 3,939
Batting average 44.90 19.33 29.57 63.53
100s/50s 1/5 0/2 0/5 14/18
Top score 103 75 75 217
Catches/stumpings 2/– 3/– 3/– 20/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 March 2022

Early and domestic career

Pathum Nissanka was born on 18 May 1998 in Galle. His father Sunil Silva worked as a ground boy and his income was low. Pathum's mother sold flowers near the Kalutara temple. In early childhood, he was raised in a poor family background.[3] Started his cricket career at Kalutara Vidyalaya national school.[4] When in the School Cricket Championship he scored unbeaten double century (205) off 190 balls against President's College, Rajagiriya at Colts ground, Colombo.[5] He made his List A debut for Hambantota District in the 2016–17 Districts One Day Tournament on 17 March 2017.[6] He made his Twenty20 debut for Badureliya Sports Club in the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament on 24 February 2018.[7]

In March 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[8][9] The following month, he was also named in Kandy's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[10]

In March 2019, he was named in Kandy's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[11] In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Greens team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[12] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Colombo Stars following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[13]

International career

In January 2019, he was named in Sri lanka A's squad for the first-class series against Ireland A. He was the leading run-scorer for Sri Lanka A with 258 runs in two matches.[14] In February 2019, he scored his 1,000th run in the 2018–19 Premier League Tournament, batting for Nondescripts Cricket Club against Colombo Cricket Club.[15] He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer for Nondescripts Cricket Club, with 1,088 runs in seven matches.[16]

In November 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[17] Later the same month, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the men's cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.[18] The Sri Lanka team won the silver medal, after they lost to Bangladesh by seven wickets in the final.[19]

In February 2021, Nissanka was named in Sri Lanka's limited overs squad for their series against the West Indies.[20] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Sri Lanka on 3 March 2021, against the West Indies.[21] Three days later, Nissanka was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad, also for their series against the West Indies.[22] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Sri Lanka on 10 March 2021, against the West Indies.[23] He made his Test debut for Sri Lanka on 21 March 2021, against the West Indies.[24] In the second innings of the match, he scored 103 runs to became the fourth batsman for Sri Lanka to score a century on debut in Test cricket.[25] It was also the first century to be scored by a Sri Lankan batsman away from home on debut.[26]

On 1 October 2021, he was added to Sri Lanka's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[27] During the World Cup, Nissanka scored 221 runs in eight matches, including three half centuries.[28] On 16 January 2022, against Zimbabwe Nissanka scored his maiden ODI half century. He scored 146 runs in three matches, including two half centuries. Due to his performance, Nissanka was named the Player of the Series.[29][30]

References
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