A professional Sri Lankan cricket maker plays all shapes in international arena and for Tamil Union in home cricket, is a DhananJaya Maduranga de Silva, or more popularly DhananJaya de Silva.
He’s batting, bowling, and he’s toping both charts. Dhananjaya de Silva was a technically sound batsman, who would welcome back to the time when batting was beautiful. He started with a call-up for the national U-19 squad, much like many other prospects in Sri Lanka. But the actual moment in 2015 was when he turned his heads around and noticed a streak of excellent bat performances.
The Super T20 Provincial Tournament was followed by stunning numbers over six inputs. The Tamil Union first class title finished after 55 years with a total of 868 runs of 54.20. He finishes the season. As if it were not enough, he ended up bowling out his wily spin, being his side’s leading wicketmaker too. The Test team swiftly came together on a national summons to visit Sri Lanka.
Silva impressed almost instantly. He was the leading scorer in his debut series against the powerful Australians. He was the leading scorer in his debut series against the powerful Australians. The combination he established with Dinesh Chandimal in rescuing his side from terrible difficulties en route to his maiden Test tonne was a special highlight. During the Fourth Delhi Test in 2017, he set the record for the highest score by a visiting batsman in the fourth innings in India, batting out 257 minutes to reach 119 as he helped Sri Lanka preserve the Test.
With the beginning of his international career, it was no surprise that he became Sri Lanka’s quickest joint player in only 23 entrances to go to 1000 tests, which made him the SLC player of the year in 2017. In all it is crucial for the future goals of the Sri Lankan side during a reconstruction stage and most senior leaders.
Dhananjaya de Silva Bio
Full Name: Dhananjaya de Silva
Born: 6 September 1991
Age: 29 Y
Height: 1.73m
Role: Batting all-rounder
Education Qualifications: NA
Dhananjaya de Silva Career Stats/ Record:
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
| Test | 36 | 64 | 5 | 2253 | 173 | 38.18 | 3991 | 56.45 | 7 | 8 | 278 | 15 | 38 | 0 |
| ODI | 53 | 50 | 8 | 1112 | 91 | 26.47 | 1444 | 77.00 | 0 | 7 | 111 | 8 | 24 | 0 |
| T20I | 20 | 19 | 2 | 406 | 62 | 23.88 | 369 | 110.02 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| FC | 97 | 171 | 10 | 6255 | 173 | 38.85 | 10120 | 61.80 | 18 | 28 | 731 | 83 | 105 | 0 |
| List A | 95 | 91 | 9 | 2232 | 132 | 27.21 | 2774 | 80.46 | 3 | 9 | 246 | 20 | 43 | 0 |
| T20 | 62 | 59 | 7 | 1455 | 81* | 27.98 | 1121 | 129.79 | 0 | 10 | 137 | 43 | 24 | 0 |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
| Test | 36 | 53 | 2605 | 1441 | 24 | 3/25 | 5/51 | 60.04 | 3.31 | 108.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODI | 53 | 43 | 1238 | 1079 | 27 | 3/32 | 3/32 | 39.96 | 5.22 | 45.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20I | 20 | 10 | 120 | 141 | 5 | 2/22 | 2/22 | 28.20 | 7.05 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FC | 97 | 122 | 6385 | 3520 | 114 | 7/59 | 12/109 | 30.87 | 3.30 | 56.00 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| List A | 95 | 72 | 2007 | 1666 | 47 | 3/32 | 3/32 | 35.44 | 4.98 | 42.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20 | 62 | 36 | 493 | 606 | 22 | 2/9 | 2/9 | 27.54 | 7.37 | 22.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
IPL STATS
| Batting and Fielding | Mat | No | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | CT | ST |
| NA | |||||||||||||
| NA |
ICC Ranking
| Test | ODI | T20 | |
| Batting | 31 | 71 | |
| Bowling | 87 | 83 | |
Dhananjaya de Silva Personal Life
Dhananjaya Maduranga De Silva was born in Hambantota, Sri Lanka on September 6, 1991.Silva is his parents’ second child.He has two siblings, one older brother and one younger brother.Silva’s father was a well-known politician who served on the Municipal Council of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. Ranjan De Silva was his name.
Terrorists cruelly assassinated his father in May 2018.Mr. Savithra De Silva is his elder brother.The names of his mother and younger brother are unknown.
Net Worth
NA
Dhananjaya de Silva Wife/Girlfriend
On December 3, 2018, Dhananjaya De Silva married his long-term lover. Sanduni Nisansala is his wife’s name. Though the pair like to keep their lives private and is not very active on social media, they do share their wedding news with all of Silva’s admirers via social media.
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