Pathum Nissanka Silva is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for Sri Lanka in all three formats of the game. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in March 2021 and is currently slotted as the permanent opening batsman.
In January 2019, he was named to Sri Lanka A’s squad for the first-class series against Ireland A. He was the leading run-scorer for Sri Lanka A with 258 runs in two matches.
In February 2019, he scored his 1,000th run in the 2018–19 Premier League Tournament, batting for Nondescripts Cricket Club against Colombo Cricket Club. He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer for Nondescripts Cricket Club, with 1,088 runs in seven matches.
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Due to his performance, Nissanka was named the Player of the Series. Even though Sri Lanka lost the T20I series 4-1 against Australia in February 2022, Nissaka broke the record of the Sri Lankan batsman who scored the most runs in a T20I match series against Australia, scoring 184 runs in the 5 matches.