Dhananjaya de Silva

Dhananjaya de Silva
Personal information
Born (1991-09-06) 6 September 1991
Hambantota, Sri Lanka
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatting All-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 135)26 July 2016 v Australia
Last Test6 February 2025 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 169)16 June 2016 v Ireland
Last ODI9 November 2023 v New Zealand
T20I debut (cap 53)30 July 2015 v Pakistan
Last T20I16 June 2024 v Netherlands
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Badureliya SC
Kandurata Maroons
Ragama CC
2016–presentTamil Union
2020Jaffna Stallions
2021Colombo Stars
2024Khulna Tigers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 63 90 45 141
Runs scored 4,095 1,865 847 9,345
Batting average 39.37 25.90 21.17 40.98
100s/50s 12/19 0/10 0/3 26/46
Top score 173 93 66* 173
Balls bowled 4,029 2,250 286 9,496
Wickets 40 44 16 168
Bowling average 55.97 43.34 20.43 30.49
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 5
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 1
Best bowling 3/25 3/32 2/22 7/59
Catches/stumpings 84/– 41/– 21/– 177/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 March 2025

Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva (Sinhala: ධනංජය මදුරංග ද සිල්වා; born 6 September 1991) is a Sri Lankan professional cricketer, who plays for Sri Lanka in all formats of the game and for Tamil Union in domestic cricket and current captain of the national team in Test cricket. In November 2017, he was named the Test batsman of the year for the 2016–17 season at Sri Lanka Cricket's annual awards.