Full Name

Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva

Born

September 06, 1991, Colombo

Age

33y 306d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Playing Role

Allrounder

Height

5ft 8in

Education

Debarawewa Central Hambantota, Mahanama College Colombo, Richmond College, Galle

A stylish middle-order batter who also props up Sri Lanka's mediocre batting line-up with fighting knocks, de Silva is a treat to watch.

An eye-catching domestic season in 2016 got him a Test call-up, and he showed his potential with a hundred and a half-century against Australia in his third Test. He also scored match-winning hundreds in Harare, and at home against West Indies and Pakistan, the latter two scores coming in the second innings, but more often than not, de Silva was playing with his back to the wall, in the midst of a collapse, like the hundred to save the Delhi Test in 2017 and 46 and 47 not out to help Sri Lanka survive longer in Christchurch in 2023. In the next Test in Wellington, he made 98 in the follow-on. What makes him even more valuable is his ability to chip in with part-time offspin and his reliable fielding in the slips. De Silva plays a similar role with the bat and ball in limited-overs as well - in the 2023 ODI World Cup Qualifier, his 93 helped Sri Lanka survive a scare against a determined Netherlands side.

In January 2024, he replaced Dimuth Karunaratne as Sri Lanka's Test captain.

De Silva first came to notice after topping the batting charts in the Super T20 Provincial Tournament in early 2016, hitting 234 runs at a strike rate of 133, in six innings. Months later, he was the star of Tamil Union's first victorious first-class campaign in 55 years, hitting 868 runs at 54.25, which featured a crucial fourth-innings 124 in the match that clinched his team the title. Incredibly, de Silva was also his club's most successful bowler that season, claiming 34 wickets at 14.23 with his part-time offbreaks.

Dhananjaya de Silva Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests651159413317338.99708958.30121949936870
ODIs90821018659325.90237378.5901018617410
T20Is4544484766*21.17731115.86037118210
FC14625521949917340.591529562.10274610851191830
List A15314414372713228.66452082.4551640838670
T20s12811813247781*23.591971125.6701223069610

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests659541492301433/255/5153.513.3296.4000
ODIs907522501907443/323/3243.345.0851.1000
T20Is4525286327162/222/2220.436.8617.8000
FC146190961651851717/5912/10930.323.2356.2551
List A15312536513000844/274/2735.714.9343.4100
T20s1288111511347554/64/624.497.0220.9100

Dhananjaya de Silva T20 Stats

Batting & Fielding

TournamentTeamsMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
LPL3 teams373255626120.81441127.43025218210
ILT20ADKR5501076521.4087122.980110330

Bowling

TournamentTeamsMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
LPL3 teams372846455020 4/6 4/627.507.1123.2100
ILT20ADKR5224411 1/25 1/2541.0010.2524.0000
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Sri Lanka celebrate after wrapping up the series 1-0
Dhananjaya de Silva leads his victorious team off the field
Dhananjaya de Silva is all smiles after getting rid of Mominul Haque
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Dhananjaya de Silva was delighted on getting a wicket first ball
Dhananjaya de Silva struck with his first ball