Sri Lanka opener Pathum Nissanka overtook legendary batter Tillakaratne Dilshan to become the third-highest run-getter for his staff on Wednesday.
Nissanka made this upward motion in the charts through the first T20I towards Zimbabwe. During the match, Nissanka continued his constant run throughout all codecs, scoring 55 in 32 balls, with 4 boundaries and two sixes. His runs got here at a strike charge of 171.87.
Now in 66 T20Is for Sri Lanka, he has scored 1,909 runs at a mean of 30.79, with a strike charge of 122.68. He has 15 half-centuries in the format with the perfect rating of 90.
Dilshan is in fourth spot now, with 1,889 runs in 80 matches and 79 innings at a mean of 28.19 and a strike charge of 120.54, with a century and 13 fifties. His finest rating is 104*.
At the highest two spots are: Kusal Perera (2,084 runs in 81 matches and 80 innings at a mean of 27.06, with a century and 15 fifties to his identify) and Kusal Mendis (2,045 runs in 82 matches and innings at a mean of 25.88, with 16 half-centuries and a finest rating of 86).
Pathum Nissanka’s cameo of 41 helped Sri Lanka safe a four-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the primary T20I at Harare on Wednesday and take a lead of 1-0 in the three-match collection.
Sri Lanka received the toss and opted to subject first.
Brian Bennett (81 in 57 balls, with 12 fours) stitched a 50-run partnership for the third wicket with skipper Sikandar Raza (28 in 22 balls, with two fours and a six) and one other 51-run stand with Ryan Burl (17).
Zimbabwe posted 175/7 in their 20 overs.
Dushmantha Chameera (3/30) was the decide of the bowlers for SL. Nuwan Thushara, Maheesh Theekshana, and Dushan Hemantha took a wicket apiece.
Sri Lanka bought off to a strong begin with a 96-run opening stand between Nissanka (55 in 32 balls, with 4 boundaries and two sixes) and Kusal Mendis (38 in 35 balls, with 4 boundaries).
SL suffered a hiccup, decreased to 142/6, with Richard Ngarava (2/19), Blessing Muzarabani, Tinotenda Maposa, Brad Evans and Raza getting one wicket every.
However, Kamindu (41* in 16 balls, with a 4 and 4 sixes) and Dushan Hemantha (14* in 9 balls, with two fours) took SL to the goal with 4 wickets and 5 balls in hand.
Kamindu’s high-impact knock earned him the ‘Player of the Match’ award.
