Sri Lanka's opening batter Pathum Nissanka has been in tremendous form in the shortest format of the game in 2022.
The right-handed batter has scored 165 runs at an average of 41.25 and strike rate of 118.71 in five matches in Asia Cup 2022.
Since the start of 2022, the young batter has given a solid account of his prodigious potential with the bat in hand.
Let's take a look at the list of Sri Lankan batters who have scored most runs in T20Is in a calendar year.
In 2016, middle-order batter Dinesh Chandimal amassed 373 runs at an average of 23.31 and a strike rate of 106.87 in 16 matches.
Dasun Shanaka has been in tremendous form in 2022. He has aggregated 417 runs at an average of 37.90 and a strike rate of 144.29 in 16 matches.
In 2009, former wicketkeeper-batter Kumar Sangakkara scored 434 runs at an average of 43.40 and a strike rate of 135.20 in 12 matches.
In 2009, Tillakaratne Dilshan scored 471 runs at an average of 42.81 and a strike rate of 141.44 in 12 matches.
Nissanka now tops this with 491 runs at an average of 32.73 and a strike rate of 115.80 in 16 matches in 2022.