Pathum Nissanka’s six snatched the century, Sri Lanka won but suffered a big loss.

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Pathum Nissanka played a stormy innings (Photo-PTI)

Pathum Nissanka: Sri Lankan opener Pathum Nissanka once again proved his talent and led his team to victory. Nissanka scored a stormy half-century against Zimbabwe in the fifth match of the ongoing tri-series in Pakistan. His team won by 9 wickets but during this time they suffered a big loss. Actually, Pathum Nissanka missed his century by just 2 runs and this happened only because of one of his shots. Let us tell you how Nissanka missed his century.

Centuries missed because of sixes

Usually a batsman is very happy after hitting a six but Nissanka’s shot for a six caused harm to him. Actually, when Nissanka was playing on 92 runs, Sri Lanka needed 6 runs. If Nissanka had hit two fours, the team would have won and his century would have been completed but this player played a shot on the second ball of the 17th over which went straight for a six. In this way Nissanka remained unbeaten on 98 and Sri Lanka won the match. Nissanka was seen laughing after this shot. Seeing his body language, it was clear that he wanted to hit a four and not a six, but his timing made the ball reach for 6 runs.

Sri Lanka’s spectacular victory

Talking about the match, Zimbabwe, batting first, scored 146 runs in 20 overs. Opener Brian Bennett scored 34 runs, Sikandar Raza scored 37 runs and Ryan Burl also scored an unbeaten 37 runs. Mahish Teekshana and Hasaranga took 2-2 wickets for Sri Lanka. Shanaka got a success. In response, Nissanka, taking notice of Zimbabwe’s bowlers, scored 98 runs in 58 balls with the help of 11 fours and 4 sixes. Kamil Mishara could score only 12 runs. Kusal Mendis remained unbeaten on 25 runs. Let us tell you that Zimbabwe had defeated Sri Lanka by 67 runs in this tri-series. After this, the Sri Lankan team also lost the match to Pakistan but now this team has finally tasted victory.

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