Legendary Opener of Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya Applauds Pathum Nissanka's Historic Double-Ton
The legendary opener of Sri Lanka, Sanath Jayasuriya, congratulated opener Pathum Nissanka after the batter's historic double ton against Afghanistan in the first ODI of the three-match series on Friday. He said that he was privileged to see his record broken live from the stadium. The right-hand batter, Nissanka, played a blistering, unbeaten knock of 210 runs from 139 balls, which was laced by 20 fours and eight sixes. He became the first Sri Lankan batter to slam a double century in an ODI. He broke the previous best score set by Jayasuriya, which was 189 runs, which came against India at Sharjah in 2000.
After the magnificent, unbeaten knock of Nissanka, Sri Lankan legends took to X and congratulated the young opener. Let's have a look at the wishes shared by the legendary cricketers:
Jayasuriya, "Congratulations to Pathum on a masterclass in batting. I am so so privileged to witness it in person pure bliss.”
The legendary batting duo of Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene wasted no time in congratulating the youngster.