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Pathum Nissanka broke 2 Virat Kohli records with his period against India (Images via Getty Images)
Sri Lanka enactment up a spirited combat successful their Super Fours clash against India astatine the Dubai International Cricket Stadium connected Friday, September 26. Chasing 203, the islanders gave it their each to support the contention live and propulsion India each the way.
India had earlier acceptable the people with a full of 202/5. Abhishek Sharma struck 61 disconnected 31 balls, including 2 sixes and 8 boundaries, portion Tilak Varma anchored the innings with an unbeaten 49 from 34 balls. Contributions besides came from Sanju Samson (39) and Axar Patel (21*). For Sri Lanka, 5 antithetic bowlers chipped successful with 1 wicket each, with Charith Asalanka and Dushmantha Chameera among the pick.
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In reply, Sri Lanka mislaid Kusal Mendis cheaply, dismissed successful the precise archetypal implicit by Hardik Pandya. But Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Perera steadied the innings with a second-wicket basal of 127 runs.
Perera fell for 58 disconnected 32 balls to Varun Chakaravarthy, but the pursuit stayed live with Nissanka holding 1 end.
Most 50-plus scores successful T20 Asia Cup
- Pathum Nissanka – 5 (12 innings)*
- Virat Kohli – 4 (9 innings)
- Mohammad Rizwan – 3 (6 innings)
- Kusal Mendis – 3 (12 innings)
- Abhishek Sharma – 3 (6 innings)
With his unthinkable innings of 107 runs successful 58 balls, Nissanka registered his 5th half-century successful the Asia Cup T20 format. In doing so, helium surpassed Virat Kohli’s tally of 4 fifties, becoming the subordinate with the astir 50-plus scores successful the tournament’s history. Kohli had acceptable his people successful conscionable 9 innings, but Nissanka has present gone 1 wide with 5 from 12 innings.
He besides snatched different grounds from Kohli and KL Rahul, becoming the proprietor of the biggest concern for immoderate wicket acknowledgment to the 127-run concern betwixt Nissanka and Kusal Parera. This bettered the 119 runs added by Kohli and KL Rahul against Afghanistan successful 2022.Moreover, the period by Nissanka is besides the highest people by a Sri Lankan against India successful T20Is. He breached the 100-run people against India successful conscionable 52 balls. This was besides his archetypal T20I ton.
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The grounds showed conscionable however accordant and important the the opener has been successful the format, particularly connected large stages similar the Asia Cup, wherever his accomplishment continues to basal out.
