Pathum Nissanka Silva is a professional cricket player from Sri Lanka. He was born on May 18, 1998, and plays for Sri Lanka in all three types of cricket. He played his first game for Sri Lanka on the international stage in March 2021, and he is now the regular opening batsman.
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Biography of Pathum Nissanka:
Early and domestic career
Pathum Nissanka was born in Galle, Sri Lanka, on May 18, 1998. Sunil Silva’s father was a ground boy, and he didn’t make much money. Near the Kalutara temple, Pathum’s mother had a flower stand. When he was young, he was raised in a poor home. He was at Kalutara Vidyalaya, he began to play cricket. The School Cricket Championship saw Nissanka score 205 runs without being out against President’s College, Rajagiriya at Colts ground, Colombo. This took 190 balls. On March 17, 2017, he played for the first time in List A for Hambantota District in the 2016–17 Districts One Day Tournament. On February 24, 2018, he played his first Twenty20 game for Badureliya Sports Club in the SLC Twenty20 Tournament 2017–18.
During the Super Four Provincial Tournament in March 2018, Nissanka was a member of Kandy’s team. Additionally, Nissanka was selected for Kandy’s team for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.
His selection for Kandy’s team for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament took place in March. SLC Greens selected Nissanka for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League. As part of the draft for the Lanka Premier League in 2021. In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Colombo Stars. Kandy Falcons hired him to play in the 2022 Lanka Premier League in July 2022.
International career of Pathum Nissanka:
Sri Lanka A’s first-class series against Ireland A included him in January 2019. His 258 runs in two matches led Sri Lanka A. He achieved 1,000 runs for Nondescripts Cricket Club against Colombo Cricket Club in the 2018–19 Premier League Tournament in February 2019. He scored 1,088 runs in seven matches for Nondescripts Cricket Club, leading the competition. Nissanka joined Sri Lanka’s limited overs squad for the West Indies series in February 2021. Sri Lanka played the West Indies in his T20I debut on 3 March 2021. After three days, Nissanka joined Sri Lanka’s Test squad for the West Indies series.
Nissanka earned his first ODI century with 137 runs in the third match against Australia in June 2022. Sri Lanka won by six wickets. Nissanka contracted COVID-19 and missed the Test series against Australia. He eclipsed Kumar Sangakkara’s record of 576 T20I runs with 598 in the series against Australia. He scored eleven 30+ scores in his first 20 T20I innings, surpassing Tillakaratne Dilshan’s record.
Nissanka earned her 7th ODI half-century against Afghanistan on June 7, 2023. 34 balls, 51 runs. Sri Lanka finally triumphed. He scored 132 runs in 3 innings at 44. Pathum hit his 8th ODI half-century against UAE in a qualifier on June 19, 2023. 76 deliveries for 57 runs with five boundaries. Dimuth Karunaratne and he shared 95 runs. Sri Lanka prevailed by 175 runs.
Batting and Bowling Stats:
Batting Career Summary
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
| Test | 9 | 15 | 1 | 537 | 103 | 38.36 | 1226 | 43.8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 1 |
| ODI | 30 | 30 | 2 | 1036 | 137 | 37.0 | 1252 | 82.75 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 128 | 6 |
| T20I | 42 | 41 | 1 | 1098 | 75 | 27.45 | 979 | 112.16 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 102 | 24 |
Bowling Career Summary
| M | Inn | B | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | 10W | |
| Test | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ODI | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| T20I | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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