IN PHOTOS | Asia Cup 2025: Pathum Nissanka surpasses Sri Lankan legends to achieve new feat
Updated On: 16 September, 2025 12:35 PM IST | Sujay Shivalkar
During the Asia Cup 2025 match against Hong Kong, Sri Lanka's Pathum Nissanka achieved another milestone. Here is all you need to know (Pic: X/AFP)
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In the Asia Cup 2025 match against Hong Kong, Sri Lanka's Pathum Nissanka played a knock of 68 runs off just 44 deliveries. His knock was laced with six boundaries and two maximums (Pic: AFP)
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With this, he achieved the feat of becoming the player with the most fifty-plus scores for Sri Lanka in the T20Is (Pic: AFP)
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He also surpassed Kusal Mendis and Kusal Perera, who have 16 fifty-plus scores each to their names on the list (Pic: X/@ICC)
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Currently, Nissanka enjoys the top spot on the list with 17 fifty-plus scores for Sri Lanka in the shortest format of the game (Pic: AFP)
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The right-hander is also the leading run-scorer for his side in the format's history. So far, having played 70 matches for Sri Lanka, he has scored 2068 runs (Pic: AFP)
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