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Pallekele [Sri Lanka], February 9 (ANI): Pathum Nissanka on Friday became the first Sri Lanka batter to score a men’s ODI double hundred. Nissanka achieved this feat during an ODI match against Afghanistan at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Friday. Nissanka’s 210* was Sri Lanka’s first double-century and greatest individual score in ODIs. He surpassed Sanath Jayasuriya’s 24-year record. Jayasuriya scored 189 against India in Sharjah in 2000. Nissanka stepped out to open for Sri Lanka after Afghanistan’s captain Hashmatullah Shahidi ordered his team to bat. His start was far from…