Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva, more often referred to as Dhananjaya de Silva, was born on September 6, 1991. He is a professional cricketer from Sri Lanka. He represents Sri Lanka in all forms of the game, as well as representing Tamil Union in domestic cricket. He is currently the captain of the national team in Test matches. At Sri Lanka Cricket’s annual awards ceremony, which took place in November 2017, he was honored with the title of Test batsman of the year for the 2016–17 season.
Before beginning his cricket career, De Silva attended Deberawewa National School in Tissamaharama, which is located in Hambanthota. In the time that followed his relocation to Galle, he attended Mahanama College in Colombo for a short period before transferring to Richmond College in Galle. The Richmond First XI cricket team that he led during the 2010/2011 season was the one that he played for during his final year of high school cricket at Richmond College in Galle. Ranjan de Silva, de Silva’s father, was a politician in his latter years. An unnamed assailant shot and killed his father in front of their home in Ratmalana on May 25, 2018, according to available information.
As a result of the unexpected passing of his father, de Silva decided to withdraw from the Sri Lankan team that was about to go to the West Indies. On the other hand, he started taking part in the tour after the second or third match. During the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament, de Silva was selected to serve as the vice-captain of the Colombo team. This announcement was made in March of 2018. The month after that, he was also selected to be a member of the Colombo team that will compete in the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.
The inclusion of de Silva in Galle’s team for the 2018 SLC T20 League was announced in August of 2018. The announcement that he will be a member of Galle’s team for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament came in March of this year. After the completion of the competition, he was determined to be the best player in the event. The Jaffna Stallions selected him in the draft at the beginning of the first season of the Lanka Premier League, which took place in October 2020.
Dhananjaya de Silva Biography
| Name | Dhananjaya de Silva |
| Full Name | Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva |
| Date of Birth | 6 September 1991 |
| Place of Birth | Hambantota, Sri Lanka |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | Srilankan |
| Father’s Name | Ranjan de Silva |
| Mother’s Name | NA |
| Siblings | NA |
| Spouse | Sanduni Nisansala |
| Marriage Date | 3 December 2018 |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Batting Allrounder |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break |
| ODI Debut | June 16, 2016 vs. Ireland |
| Test Debut | July 26, 2016 vs. Australia |
| T20 Debut | July 30, 2015 vs. Pakistan |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
His appointment as captain of the SLC Blues side for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League event took place in August of the same year. The Jaffna Kings decided to sign him in July 2022 so that he may participate in the third season of the Lanka Premier League. It was during the third test of the same Australian series when de Silva scored his first century in a test match. At the time when de Silva joined Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lanka was experiencing a lot of difficulties. The two of them worked together to hit a century, and de Silva achieved his first ever ton in his professional career.
With 325 runs, including one hundred and fifty, and an average of 65.00, De Silva was the player who scored the most runs in the series. He was the greatest run-scorer overall. First and foremost, Sri Lanka portrayed Australia in a positive light. The promotion of de Silva to the opening position came about as a result of Tillakaratne Dilshan’s decision to retire from one-day international football. After starting the batting for the first time, he went on to score 76 runs from the plate. Currently, this score is the greatest score ever achieved by a Sri Lankan player opening the batting for the first time. It surpasses Saman Jayantha’s score of 74, which was achieved in 2004.
Due to his poor performance against South Africa, he was dismissed from the opening position and instead played as a batter in the middle order. Throughout both of the tests that India played against Zimbabwe, de Silva maintained his strong performance. He scored fifty runs in the first match that he played. When Zimbabwe was chasing, they scored 411 runs, but Sri Lanka ended up winning the match. It was during the second test when de Silva and Upul Tharanga formed a connection that resulted in 142 runs. In the fifth and last test match of his career, de Silva maintained his innings by achieving his second century in a test match. Tharanga was caught at slip, and de Silva continued his innings.
The terrible performance that de Silva had in South Africa led to his removal from all teams. His inclusion in Sri Lanka’s One-Day International (ODI) team for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy was originally not considered. The hamstring injury that Kusal Perera sustained, however, caused him to be unable to participate in the competition. As a result, de Silva was elevated to the squad. However, he was unable to make the most of his position in the team, and as a result, he was removed from the Sri Lankan squad after the conclusion of the Champions Trophy.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| FORMAT | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 54 | 96 | 8 | 3582 | 173 | 40.70 | 6195 | 57.82 | 12 | 14 | 426 | 33 | 71 | 0 |
| ODIs | 90 | 82 | 10 | 1865 | 93 | 25.90 | 2373 | 78.59 | 0 | 10 | 186 | 17 | 41 | 0 |
| T20Is | 45 | 44 | 4 | 847 | 66* | 21.17 | 731 | 115.86 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 18 | 21 | 0 |
| FC | 125 | 220 | 17 | 8299 | 173 | 40.88 | 13424 | 61.82 | 24 | 39 | 949 | 106 | 155 | 0 |
| List A | 150 | 141 | 14 | 3681 | 132 | 28.98 | 4467 | 82.40 | 5 | 16 | 402 | 37 | 67 | 0 |
| T20s | 120 | 111 | 13 | 2380 | 81* | 24.28 | 1891 | 125.85 | 0 | 12 | 224 | 66 | 58 | 0 |
Bowling
| FORMAT | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 54 | 81 | 3693 | 2020 | 34 | 3/25 | 5/51 | 59.41 | 3.28 | 108.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 90 | 75 | 2250 | 1907 | 44 | 3/32 | 3/32 | 43.34 | 5.08 | 51.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 45 | 25 | 286 | 327 | 16 | 2/22 | 2/22 | 20.43 | 6.86 | 17.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FC | 125 | 165 | 8636 | 4594 | 148 | 7/59 | 12/109 | 31.04 | 3.19 | 58.3 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| List A | 150 | 122 | 3609 | 2963 | 82 | 4/27 | 4/27 | 36.13 | 4.92 | 44.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T20s | 120 | 75 | 1043 | 1238 | 50 | 4/6 | 4/6 | 24.76 | 7.12 | 20.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The one-day international series against India included De Silva’s return to the team. In 2017, de Silva was brought back up to the Test team for the third test match that was played against India. In the first inning, he was out of the game for a single run. De Silva, on the other hand, got his third century in a test match during the second innings. After a short while, de Silva left the game with a thigh injury and went off the field. This match ended in a tie. There has never been a visiting batsman in India who has scored a higher score than his undefeated 119 in the fourth innings.
After scoring his second consecutive century in the Delhi Test against India the previous year, de Silva recorded his fourth century in a test match during the first test match against Bangladesh in Chittagong. This was his second century in a row. After the second day of the match, he and Kusal Mendis formed an undefeated partnership, adding 187 runs to their total. During the third day of the match, the two players had a partnership of 308 runs before de Silva was out for 173 runs off Mustafizur Rahman. In addition to reaching his greatest score in a test, he also reached the milestone of 1,000 runs in a test during the 23rd inning of the match.
