Personal Information

Full NameDhananjaya Maduranga de Silva
BornSeptember 6, 1991 Colombo
Age32 Years, 6 Months, 13 Days
National SideSri Lanka
Batting StyleRight Handed
BowlingOff break
SportCricket

Ranking

TestODIT20
Batting2912094
Bowling98105167

Man of the Match

TestODIT20World CupCL
2320-

Career Information

Teams PlayedSri 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 Aura, Jaffna Kings, SLC Blues, Jaffna, Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, Kathmandu Knights
Career Span

Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva Overall Stats

Batting & Fielding Performance

MIN/ORHS100s50s4s6sAVGS/RCTSTDucksR/O
Test
529383301173 v BAN10133992838.8357.2366082
ODI
908210186593 v NED0101861725.9078.5941040
World Cup
1514324834 v BAN0021422.5469.274010
T20I
4342479266* v AFG03671720.84116.6421022
ILT20
55010765 v MIE0110321.40122.983000
ttwenty_non_domestic
55010765 v MIE0110321.40122.983000

Bowling Performance

IOMRWBest3s5sAVGE/RS/RMtc
Test
78599.3741977343/25 v NZ3058.143.29105.7948
ODI
7537511907443/32 v ENG4043.345.0851.1375
World Cup
1462037153/32 v ENG1074.205.9874.4014
T20I
2445.40316152/22 v SA0021.066.9118.2624
ILT20
2404111/25 v SW0041.0010.2524.002
ttwenty_non_domestic
2404111/25 v SW0041.0010.2524.002

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.