Pathum Nissanka: Sri Lanka defeated England by 8 wickets in the third Test. The hero of the victory in this match was Pathum Nissanka, who scored 64 runs in the first innings and an unbeaten 127 in the second innings. He single-handedly brought England to its knees and gave his team a historic victory.
Sri Lanka’s young opener Pathum Nissanka is in the news right now. Due to his brilliant batting, Sri Lanka defeated England by 8 wickets in the third Test. This was the Lankan team’s 9th Test win against England. The special thing is that after a whole decade, the Sri Lankan team has got victory against the English. Earlier in 2014, Sri Lanka won the Headingley Test by 100 runs.
The hero of Sri Lanka’s victory was Pathum Nissanka, who batted brilliantly in both innings. He scored 62 runs in the first innings and an unbeaten 127 in the second innings. With this century, Pathum Nissanka created history.
Which record did Pathum Nissanka make? (Pathum Nissanka)
While chasing against England, Pathum has made a special record by scoring a brilliant century. He has become the fastest batsman to score a century in a run chase against England. He did this feat in 107 balls. In doing so, Nissanka has surpassed Nathan Astle and Rishabh Pant.
Which record of Pant was broken?
Nathan Astle scored a century in 114 balls while scoring runs in the Christchurch Test match against England in 2002, while Team India’s star wicketkeeper batsman completed a century in 118 balls while scoring runs in The Oval Test in 2018. Now Nissanka has gone ahead of both of them.
Fastest century against England in a Test run chase 107 balls – Pathum Nissanka, The Oval, 2024 114- Century – Nathan Astle, Christchurch, 2002 118 – Rishabh Pant, The Oval, 2018 Match Account
The last match of the Test series was played at Kennington Oval ground in London. In which England scored 325 runs in the first innings with the help of innings of Ollie Pope (154) and Ben Duckett (86). In reply, Sri Lanka scored 263 runs with the help of half-centuries from captain Dhananjay de Silva (69), Nissanka (64) and Kamindu Mendis (64). England team gained lead on the basis of the first innings and collapsed for 156 runs in the second innings. Sri Lanka got a target of 219 runs, which it achieved by losing only 2 wickets.
The series was won by England
The host English team won the three-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka 2-1. Sri Lanka lost the first two matches, but won the last one.