Dhananjaya de Silva

Dhananjaya de Silva
Personal information
Born (1991-09-06) 6 September 1991 (age 33)
Hambantota, Sri Lanka
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatting All-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 135)26 July 2016 v Australia
Last Test26 September 2024 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 169)16 June 2016 v Ireland
Last ODI9 November 2023 v New Zealand
T20I debut (cap 53)30 July 2015 v Pakistan
Last T20I19 February 2024 v Afghanistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Badureliya SC
Kandurata Maroons
Ragama CC
2016–presentTamil Union
2020Jaffna Stallions
2021Colombo Stars
2024Khulna Tigers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 59 90 45 124
Runs scored 3,881 1,865 847 8,228
Batting average 40.42 25.90 21.17 40.93
100s/50s 12/17 0/10 0/3 24/38
Top score 173 93 66* 173
Balls bowled 3,885 2,250 286 8,546
Wickets 40 44 16 148
Bowling average 53.57 43.34 20.43 30.77
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 5
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 1
Best bowling 3/25 3/32 2/22 7/59
Catches/stumpings 80/– 41/– 21/– 154/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 September 2024

Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva (Sinhala: ධනංජය මදුරංග ද සිල්වා; born 6 September 1991) is a Sri Lankan professional cricketer,[1] who plays for Sri Lanka in all formats of the game and for Tamil Union in domestic cricket and current captain of the national team in Test cricket. In November 2017, he was named the Test batsman of the year for the 2016–17 season at Sri Lanka Cricket's annual awards.[2]

  1. ^ "Dhananjaya de Silva". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Gunaratne wins big at SLC's annual awards". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 24 November 2022.