Sri Lanka opener Pathum Nissanka scored his maiden century in T20 Internationals during the clash against India in their final Super Four match of the Asia Cup 2025 on Friday.
Nissanka hit Arshdeep Singh for a six in the 17th over to cring up his maiden T20I hundred.
Earlier, Nissanka and Kusal Perera scripted Asia Cup history in the India vs Sri Lanka match.
Chasing a 203-run target, the Sri Lankan duo stitched a mammoth 127-run stand.
Nissanka had lost his opening partner, Kusal Mendis, in the first over itself when the score was just 7 in 0.4 overs.
It looked like Sri Lanka would be easily beaten by India, who have been unbeaten in the tournament.
But Nissanka and Perera had other plans.
In the next 11.4 overs, they annihilated the Indian bowlers. They scored 127 runs at an extraordinary run rate of 11.1.
Chasing India’s mammoth total of 202/5, Sri Lanka are currently 191/4 after 19 overs.
--Agencies
