Pathum Nissanka becomes first Sri Lanka player to hit ODI double hundred

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Pathum Nissanka on Friday became the first cricketer from Sri Lanka to hit a double hundred. He achieved the feat at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele against Afghanistan in the first ODI.

The 25-year-old scored unbeaten 210 runs off 139 balls. The innings consisted of 20 fours and eight, and helped Sri Lanka post 381/3 in 50 overs.

The right-hand batter broke Sanath Jayasuriya’s 24-year-old record of slamming the highest ODI individual score for Sri Lanka. The former opener scored 189 runs against India in the 2000 Champions Trophy final.

Nissanka is the 10th batter to score an ODI double ton. The Galle-born brought up the double hundred in just 136 balls - the third-fastest in history of ODI cricket. Ishan Kishan holds the record for the fastest hundred in just 126 balls.

Fastest ODI double hundreds

• Ishan Kishan - 126 balls vs Bangladesh in 2022
• Glenn Maxwell - 128 balls vs Afghanistan in 2023
• Pathum Nissanka - 136 balls vs Afghanistan in 2024
• Virender Sehwag - 140 balls vs West Indies in 2011
• Shubman Gill - 145 balls vs New Zealand in 2023
• Sachin Tendulkar - 147 balls vs South Africa in 2010
• Rohit Sharma - 151 balls vs Sri Lanka in 2014
• Rohit Sharma - 151 balls vs Sri Lanka in 2017

List of ODI Double-centuries

• Rohit Sharma 264 vs Sri Lanka - Kolkata - 2014
• Martin Guptill 237* vs West Indies - Wellington - 2015
• Virender Sehwag 219 vs West Indies - Indore - 2011
• Chris Gayle 215 vs Zimbabwe - Canberra - 2015
• Fakhar Zaman 210* vs Zimbabwe - Bulawayo - 2018
• Pathum Nissanka 210* vs Afghanistan - Pallekele - 2024
• Ishan Kishan 210 vs Bangladesh - Chattogram - 2022
• Rohit Sharma 209 vs Australia - Bengaluru - 2013
• Rohit Sharma 208* vs Sri Lanka - Mohali - 2017
• Shubman Gill 208 vs New Zealand - Hyderabad - 2023
• Glenn Maxwell 201* vs Afghanistan - Mumbai - 2023
• Sachin Tendulkar 200* vs South Africa - Gwalior - 2010

Nissanka and Avishka Fernando partnered for 182 runs for the first wicket. His partnership for the third wicket with Sadeera Samarawickrama (45) accounted for 120 runs. Afghanistan were five down for 59 in 10 overs when this article was published.