Nishan Madushka

Nishan Madushka's Profile

Kottasinghakkarage Nishan Madushka Fernando, better known as Nishan Madushka, born on 10 September 1999, is a Sri Lankan Cricketer who plays as an opening batsman for the team. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper.

Born in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, Nishan represents Ragama Cricket Club and Kandy Tuskers in Domestic cricket. His cricket career started in 2018. In April 2018, Nishan was included in Dambulla's team for the Super Provincial One Day Tournament. On May 2, 2018, he made his List A debut in the same tournament.

After seeing his performance in the tournament, Nishan debuted in Galle's team for the 2018 SLC T20 League in August 2018. Amazed by the previous performances, Nishan was picked by selectors for Sri Lanka's 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup squad in December of that year. On January 11, 2019, he debuted for Colts Cricket Club in the Premier League Tournament for the 2018–19 season.

He was added to Sri Lanka's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh held in November 2019. Later that month, Nishan participated in the 2019 South Asian Games men's cricket competition. After losing to Bangladesh by seven wickets in the final, the Sri Lankan squad took home the silver medal.

Later on, Nishan was selected by the Kandy Tuskers for the first Sri Lanka Premier League season in October 2020. With his phenomenal performance, Nishan was selected to play for the SLC Blues in the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League competition in August 2021.

With 1229 runs in 15 innings and the greatest undefeated score of 300 runs, he is the leading scorer in the 2022 Major League Tournament. In April 2022, Nishan's name was added to the Sri Lankan Cricket Team for their tour of England.

In the first match of the tour, Nishan made 269 runs against Kent. He was selected to play for Sri Lanka A squad versus Australia A during Australia's tour o...