IND vs SL, 2nd ODI: The second match of the three ODI series being played between India and Sri Lanka is being played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. In this match, batsman Nuwanindu Fernando made his international debut for Sri Lanka. He scored a half-century in his debut match itself. For Nuvanindu Fernando, it proved to be no less than a dream debut. He became the sixth batsman from Sri Lanka to score a half-century in the debut match. In this match, Nuwanindu Fernando played an inning of 50 runs in 63 balls. His innings included 6 fours.
Earlier these Sri Lankan batsmen have done the feat
Before Nuwanindu Fernando, Sri Lankan batsman Ashen Bandara made Fifty in his debut match against West Indies in 2021. He had scored 50 runs in that innings. On the other hand, Sunil Vettimuni was the first batsman from Sri Lanka to score a half-century in the debut match. He did this feat in 1975 in a match played against Australia. Sunil Vettimuni played an unbeaten inning of 53 runs.
This was followed by Chamara Silva’s 55 on his debut against Australia in 1999, Ashan Priyanjan’s 74 against Pakistan in 2013 and Kusal Mendis’ 51 against Ireland in 2016. Had played an innings of
Nuvanindu Fernando’s first class career was like this
Nuwanindu Fernando has played a total of 31 matches in his first class career so far. In a total of 45 innings of these matches, he has scored 1771 runs at an average of 40.25. In this, he has scored 6 centuries and 7 half-centuries. In this, his high score has been 148 runs. Apart from this, Fernando has played 23 List-A and 34 T20 matches.
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