Dhananjaya de Silva Career, Records, Awards Biography & More

Dhananjaya de Silva

Sri Lanka

Full Name	:	Dhananjaya de Silva
Nationality	:	Sri Lanka
Born	:	6th Sep, 1991
Age	:	34 years, 8 months, 12 days

Batting Style	:	Right Hand Bat
Role	:	All Rounder
Bowling Style	:	Right Arm Off Break
birthplace	:	Colombo

Career Stats

Batting

Format	Matches	Inns	Not Out	Runs	High Score	AVG	Strike Rate	100S	50S	6S	4S
TEST	65	115	9	4133	173	38.99	58.3	12	19	36	499
ODI	93	85	10	1924	93	25.65	77.92	0	10	17	191
T20I	48	47	4	890	66	20.69	115.88	0	3	18	77
FC	157	270	23	10293	204	41.67	62.49	29	51	123	1171
List A	161	152	15	4016	132	29.31	83.14	6	17	46	432
T20	135	125	13	2574	81	22.98	124.58	0	12	69	241

Bowling

Format	Matches	Inns	Wkts	Runs	Wkts	Best Inns	Best M	AVG	ECN	Inns	4W	5W	10W
TEST	65	95	691.3	2301	43	3/25	5/51	53.51	3.32	96.4	0	0	0
ODI	93	78	395	2011	48	3/32	3/32	41.89	5.09	49.3	0	0	0
T20I	48	27	51.4	353	17	2/22	2/22	20.76	6.83	18.2	0	0	0
FC	157	202	1685	5435	177	7/59	12/109	30.7	3.22	57.1	5	5	1
List A	161	133	664.3	3254	92	4/27	4/27	35.36	4.89	43.3	1	0	0
T20	135	86	201.5	1414	58	4/6	4/6	24.37	7	20.8	1	0	0

Last Updated On 11 May 2026

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Format

Matches

Inns

Not Out

Runs

High Score

AVG

Strike Rate

100S

50S

TEST

115

4133

173

38.99

58.3

499

ODI

1924

25.65

77.92

191

T20I

890

20.69

115.88

157

270

10293

204

41.67

62.49

123

1171

List A

161

152

4016

132

29.31

83.14

432

T20

135

125

2574

22.98

124.58

241

Format

Matches

Inns

Wkts

Runs

Wkts

Best Inns

Best M

AVG

ECN

Inns

10W

TEST

691.3

2301

3/25

5/51

53.51

3.32

96.4

ODI

395

2011

3/32

41.89

5.09

49.3

T20I

51.4

353

2/22

20.76

6.83

18.2

157

202

1685

5435

177

7/59

12/109

30.7

3.22

57.1

List A

161

133

664.3

3254

4/27

35.36

4.89

43.3

T20

135

201.5

1414

4/6

24.37

20.8