Personal Information

Full Name Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva
Born September 6, 1991 Colombo
Age 33 Years, 2 Months, 28 Days
National Side Sri Lanka
Batting Style Right Handed
Bowling Off break
Sport Cricket

Ranking

Test ODI T20
Batting 16 138 100
Bowling 79 127 202

Man of the Match

Test ODI T20 World Cup CL
3 3 2 0 -

Career Information

Teams Played Sri Lanka, Colombo Cricket Club, Ragama Cricket Club, Sri Lanka A, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, Sri Lanka Under-19, Ace Capital Cricket Club, Sylhet Strikers, Ruhuna Royals, Sri Lanka Cricket Board President XI, Kandurata Maroons, Abahani Limited, Udarata Rulers, Colombo, Galle, Colombo Commandos, Khulna Tigers, Sri Lankans, Jaffna District, Dambulla, Colombo Strikers, Dambulla Sixers, Jaffna Kings, Jaffna Kings, SLC Blues, Jaffna, Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, Kathmandu Knights
Career Span

Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva Overall Stats

Batting & Fielding Performance

M I N/O R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s AVG S/R CT ST Ducks R/O
Test
60 107 8 3947 173 v BAN 12 18 472 35 39.86 58.36 81 0 9 2 1 SL Sri Lanka SL
ODI
90 82 10 1865 93 v NED 0 10 186 17 25.90 78.59 41 0 4 0 2 SL Sri Lanka SL
World Cup
15 14 3 248 34 v BAN 0 0 21 4 22.54 69.27 4 0 1 0 2 SL Sri Lanka SL
T20I
45 44 4 847 66* v AFG 0 3 71 18 21.17 115.86 21 0 2 2 3 SL Sri Lanka SL
First-class
71 124 9 4717 167 v NCC 12 25 523 73 41.01 65.25 84 0 9 5 4 - - -
List A
65 64 5 1937 132 v SAF 5 7 228 21 32.83 87.44 27 0 3 5 5 - - -
ttwenty_domestic
81 72 9 1580 81* v BSC 0 9 156 50 25.07 131.99 40 0 4 3 6 - - -
Youth Test
2 3 0 139 84 v ENG-U19 0 1 23 0 46.33 56.27 2 0 0 0 21 - - -
Youth ODI
4 3 0 111 79 v ENG-U19 0 1 12 1 37.00 101.83 1 0 0 1 22 - - -
ttwenty_non_domestic
5 5 0 107 65 v MIE 0 1 10 3 21.40 122.98 3 0 0 0 73 ADKR - -

Bowling Performance

I O M R W Best 3s 5s AVG E/R S/R Mtc
Test
88 654.3 82 2185 40 3/25 v NZ 3 0 54.62 3.33 98.17 55 1 SL Sri Lanka SL
ODI
75 375 1 1907 44 3/32 v ENG 4 0 43.34 5.08 51.13 75 2 SL Sri Lanka SL
World Cup
14 62 0 371 5 3/32 v ENG 1 0 74.20 5.98 74.40 14 2 SL Sri Lanka SL
T20I
25 47.4 0 327 16 2/22 v SA 0 0 20.43 6.86 17.87 25 3 SL Sri Lanka SL
First-class
84 823.5 122 2574 114 7/59 v MSC 14 5 22.57 3.12 43.35 55 4 - - -
List A
51 242.3 10 1125 42 4/27 v GAL 4 0 26.78 4.63 34.64 51 5 - - -
ttwenty_domestic
55 140.1 2 1000 37 4/6 v KF 1 0 27.02 7.13 22.72 55 6 - - -
Youth Test
3 9 4 21 0 0/0 v ENG-U19 0 0 - 2.33 - 2 21 - - -
Youth ODI
1 3 0 15 0 0/15 v ENG-U19 0 0 - 5.00 - 1 22 - - -
ttwenty_non_domestic
2 4 0 41 1 1/25 v SW 0 0 41.00 10.25 24.00 2 73 ADKR - -

Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva Profile

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, 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.


Dhananjaya is an aggressive batsman with flair and good technique. He has been experiencing a low phase in his career, but he still has time on his side and the Lankans would be wise to persist with him as he has the talent and can be a vital part going forward in this rebuilding phase of theirs.