Cricket
Sri Lankan star Pathum Nissanka shined in the Asia Cup 2025 Super-4 match against India, scoring a sensational century
Pathum Nissanka rose from humble beginnings, with his father a ground boy and mother selling flowers, to become a cricketing superstar inspiring millions
He smashed 107 runs off 58 balls, hitting 6 sixes and 7 fours with a strike rate of 184.48, dazzling everyone
In this match, Nissanka scored the first century of Asia Cup 2025, completed centuries in all formats for Sri Lanka, and won Player of the Match despite the loss
Pathum surpassed Virat Kohli’s T20 Asia Cup runs record, scoring 434 runs in 12 innings, edging past Kohli’s 429
Rising from challenges and hardships, Nissanka has become a standout star and a key pillar of Sri Lankan cricket