Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Role Batting Allrounder | Batting style Right-handed Name Dhananjaya Silva | |
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Full name Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva Born 6 September 1991 (age 33) ( 1991-09-06 ) Colombo, Sri Lanka | ||
Bowling style Right arm off break | ||
Post match press conference with dhananjaya de silva 3rd test day 01
Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva, or commonly Dhananjaya de Silva (Sinhalese: ධනංජය ද සිල්වා) (born 6 September 1991) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays all forms in international arena and for Tamil Union in domestic cricket.
Contents
- Post match press conference with dhananjaya de silva 3rd test day 01
- OFF THE PITCH with Dhananjaya de Silva
- International call
- Warne Murali Trophy 2016
- Zimbabwe tour 2016
- ICC Champions Trophy 2017
- References
OFF THE PITCH with Dhananjaya de Silva
International call
He was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan in July 2015. He made his T20I debut on 30 July 2015. He scored 31 runs in his first international match, which Sri Lanka lost.
He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Ireland on 16 June 2016, as the 169th ODI cap for Sri Lanka.
Warne-Murali Trophy 2016
In July 2016 he was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against Australia. On 26 July 2016 he made his Test debut for Sri Lanka against Australia. He became the first player for Sri Lanka to get off the mark in a Test match by scoring a six and the fifth overall. He took his first Test wicket by dismissing Peter Nevill in the second innings of the match.
His maiden Test century came during the third Test of same Australian tour. Sri Lanka were in trouble at 5/26, when de Silva joined Dinesh Chandimal to secure the side. The two stood a century partnership and de Silva scored his maiden ton of his career. De Silva is the highest run scorer in the series with 325 runs with one century and one fifty of average 65.00. Sri Lanka whitewashed Australia for the first time.
After Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan retired from ODIs, de Silva was promoted to his slot of opening position. He scored 76 runs in the match. This score stands as the highest score by a Sri Lankan opening the batting for the first time, beating Saman Jayantha's score of 74 in 2004. His poor performances against South Africa made him unavailable for the opening slot, but played as a middle order batsman.
Zimbabwe tour 2016
De Silva continued his good performance throughout the two Tests against Zimbabwe. In the first match, he scored a fifty. Zimbabwe made 411 in chasing, with Sri Lanka winning the match.
During the second Test, De Silva made a 142-run partnership with Upul Tharanga. Meanwhile, Tharanga was out caught at slip and de Silva continued by scoring his second Test century, in his fifth Test match of his career.
ICC Champions Trophy 2017
With poor performances in South Africa, De Silva was dropped from all squads. He was not initially included in Sri Lanka's ODI squad for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. However, Kusal Perera was ruled out of the tournament with a hamstring injury, and De Silva was called up to the squad.