Such a miracle happened after 13 years (PC-PTI)
Pathum Nissanka IPL 2026: On one hand, Delhi's batsmen were seen surrendering to the spin of KKR, while on the other hand, this team's opener Pathum Nissanka won the hearts of the fans with his amazing batting. This Delhi opener scored a half-century against KKR in just 28 balls. Although Pathum Nissanka was out after scoring his half-century, this player did a miracle which was seen in IPL after 13 years. Let us tell you what that wonder is.
Pathum Nissanka did this amazing thing
As soon as Pathum Nissanka scored a half-century against KKR, he got two fifty plus scores in one season of IPL. A Sri Lankan batsman has done this feat after 13 years. Before Nissanka, in the year 2013, Mahela Jayawardene had scored 2 fifty plus scores. Let us tell you that Jayawardene also played for Delhi at that time and today he is the coach of Mumbai Indians. Let us tell you that Pathum Nissanka had scored a fifty against Rajasthan Royals before scoring a half-century against KKR. This batsman had played an innings of 62 runs.
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Nissanka's performance in IPL 2026
Let us tell you that Pathum Nissanka's performance in IPL 2026 has been average. This player has been able to score 278 runs in 10 matches. His batting average has been 27.8. This figure is weak for an opener. Although Nissanka's strike rate has been around 160. Let us tell you that Pathum Nissanka is playing in IPL for the first time and he was bought by Delhi Capitals for a huge price of Rs 4 crore.
Delhi's top order failed
Talking about the Delhi-KKR match, the top order of Delhi Capitals proved to be a complete failure. Apart from Nissanka, KL Rahul could score only 23 runs. After this, Nitish Rana scored 8 runs, Sameer Rajvi scored 3 runs, Trist Stubbs scored only 2 runs. Delhi batsmen looked completely trapped in front of KKR spinners Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakraborty. Let us tell you that Delhi team is already almost out of the race to reach the playoffs of IPL 2026 and the defeat against KKR will make them pack up from this season.
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