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Dhananjaya de Silva

Dhananjaya de Silva

Sri Lanka
All Rounder
Right Handed & Off break 33 yrs.

A childhood scarred with hardships and perseverance, Dhananjaya de Silva saw much at an early age in his life. Like thousands of others in his country, de Silva’s village was one of the many which were affected by the horrific Tsunami wave in 2005. That in itself is a tragedy massive enough to rock your whole world apart, but this young strong-headed boy at the time continued with his schooling and simultaneously, focused on his cricket as well.


Following the pattern of a majority of cricketers in recent times, he broke through the ranks with some good performances in age-group cricket. A call-up in the U-19 squad followed along with a T20I debut in 2015. He impressed for a brief period, then went on to have a good domestic season which made it impossible to not take notice of him. ODI and Test debuts came the following year and he kicked his international career off in some fashion.


In his first-ever Test series in 2016, which was against Australia at home, he was the highest run-getter. A stark highlight in it was his 211-run partnership with Dinesh Chandimal in the third Test, which bailed his team out of a tough spot and eventually, Sri Lanka went on to win the match. He made a decent start in the 50-over format as well, having scored a couple of strong fifties in his first few games, but then experienced a dip in form. He’s been in-and-out of the side a lot, largely down to inconsistency, and found it difficult to impress whenever given a chance.

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ব্যক্তিগত তথ্য
Born September, 06 1991
Birth Place Sri Lanka
Current age 33 yrs.
Role All Rounder
Batting style Right Handed
Bowling style Off break
ব্যাটিং পরিসংখ্যান
M I N/O R BF Avg S/R HS 200s 100s 50s 4x 6s
Test 65 116 9 4133 7089 38.62 58.30 173 0 12 19 499 36
ODI 90 82 10 1865 2373 25.90 78.59 93 0 0 10 186 17
T20I 45 44 4 847 731 21.17 115.86 66 0 0 3 71 18
FC 81 139 11 5366 8206 41.92 65.39 167 0 15 27 586 83
List A 67 66 5 1967 2255 32.24 87.22 132 0 5 7 231 21
T20 83 74 9 1630 1240 25.07 131.45 81 0 0 9 159 51
বোলিং পরিসংখ্যান
M I O Balls Maiden R W AVG S/R E/R BEST BOWL 5 WKT 10 WKT
Test 65 95 691.3 4149 84 2301 43 53.51 96.48 3.32 3/25 0 0
ODI 90 75 375 2250 1 1907 44 43.34 51.13 5.08 3/32 0 0
T20I 45 25 47.4 286 0 327 16 20.43 17.87 6.86 2/22 0 0
FC 81 95 911.1 5467 134 2884 128 22.53 42.71 3.16 7/59 5 1
List A 67 53 252.3 1515 12 1150 45 25.55 33.66 4.55 4/27 0 0
T20 83 56 144.1 865 2 1020 39 26.15 22.17 7.07 4/6 0 0

A childhood scarred with hardships and perseverance, Dhananjaya de Silva saw much at an early age in his life. Like thousands of others in his country, de Silva’s village was one of the many which were affected by the horrific Tsunami wave in 2005. That in itself is a tragedy massive enough to rock your whole world apart, but this young strong-headed boy at the time continued with his schooling and simultaneously, focused on his cricket as well.


Following the pattern of a majority of cricketers in recent times, he broke through the ranks with some good performances in age-group cricket. A call-up in the U-19 squad followed along with a T20I debut in 2015. He impressed for a brief period, then went on to have a good domestic season which made it impossible to not take notice of him. ODI and Test debuts came the following year and he kicked his international career off in some fashion.


In his first-ever Test series in 2016, which was against Australia at home, he was the highest run-getter. A stark highlight in it was his 211-run partnership with Dinesh Chandimal in the third Test, which bailed his team out of a tough spot and eventually, Sri Lanka went on to win the match. He made a decent start in the 50-over format as well, having scored a couple of strong fifties in his first few games, but then experienced a dip in form. He’s been in-and-out of the side a lot, largely down to inconsistency, and found it difficult to impress whenever given a chance.