Sri Lanka, Feb. 15 -- Pathum Nissanka has etched his name in history by becoming the fastest Sri Lankan batsman to reach 2000 runs in One Day Internationals, achieving this milestone in just 52 innings. His feat eclipses the records set by former players like Upul Tharanga (63 innings), Russel Arnold (66), Marvan Atapattu (67), Lahiru Thirimanne (72) and Kusal Mendis (73).
Nissanka now ranks as the world's fourth-highest One Day runs-scoring batsman in a three-match international series.
In these matches against Afghanistan, he accumulated a total of 346 runs, with individual scores of 210, 18 and 118 runs respectively.
The other batsmen who had reached the milestone are India's Shubman Gill, who scored 360 runs against New Zealand in 20...