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Dhananjaya de Silva

Dhananjaya de Silva appears in 10 matches with a full FairPlay scorecard (7 Jan 2026 to 23 Aug 2026). 400 runs in 14 innings. 5 wickets from 38 overs. 211 matches in FairPlay's recorded career data.

Player profile

Country: Sri Lanka
Role: All-rounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm off-break
Born: 6 Sept 1991 Age 35
Recorded matches: 211167 internationals

Dhananjaya de Silva is an all-rounder from Sri Lanka with 211 matches in FairPlay's recorded data, including 167 internationals (48 Tests, 80 ODIs, 39 T20Is).

Batting: 6,336 runs across all recorded formats, with 9 hundreds and 29 fifties; the most runs came in Test cricket (3,077) and the highest recorded score is 166.

Bowling: 118 wickets in recorded matches, 47 of them in ODI cricket.

Career figures by format

Summed over the seasons in FairPlay's data provider's records, mostly recent ones. Older seasons can be missing, so these totals may be lower than the official career record.

Dhananjaya de Silva: batting and bowling figures by format in FairPlay's recorded data
Format	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ
Test	48	83	3,077	166	39.96	58.8	9/15	34	50.18	3.24
ODI	80	75	1,702	93	24.67	76.1	0/8	47	39.43	5.06
T20I	39	39	710	66	20.29	126.6	0/2	13	23.00	7.01
T20 (league and domestic)	40	38	686	65	20.79	126.1	0/3	21	28.14	7.27
List A	4	4	161	90	40.25	89.9	0/1	3	19.00	6.33

Avg is runs per dismissal; SR is runs per 100 balls; Bowl avg is runs per wicket; Econ is runs per over; 5w is five or more wickets in an innings.

Dhananjaya de Silva at a glance

FairPlay holds 10 complete scorecards featuring Dhananjaya de Silva, most recently for Sri Lanka (T20 and shorter, one-day, first-class).

In those matches Dhananjaya de Silva batted 14 times for 400 runs at a strike rate of 58.65. The highest score was 120 off 168 balls against West Indies.

With the ball: 5 wickets from 38 overs, an economy rate of 4.66. Best figures: 2 for 37 against England.

How the 14 dismissals happened: caught 12, LBW 2.

These matches were played at 6 different grounds.

Figures in FairPlay's scorecards

Batting
14	0	400	120	28.57	58.65	1/1

Bowling
10	38	1	177	5	2/37	4.66

Match by match

Newest first. Dates in India Standard Time. * means not out.

Date	Match	Batting	Bowling
23 Aug 2026	Sri Lanka v IndiaBat 8 (14) & 23 (44) · Bowl 0/8 (2)	8 (14) & 23 (44)	0/8 (2)
15 Aug 2026	Sri Lanka v IndiaBat 21 (41) & 59 (151) · Bowl 0/15 (4) & 0/4 (1)	21 (41) & 59 (151)	0/15 (4) & 0/4 (1)
3 Jul 2026	West Indies v Sri LankaBat 33 (90) & 34 (34) · Bowl 0/3 (2)	33 (90) & 34 (34)	0/3 (2)
25 Jun 2026	West Indies v Sri LankaBat 120 (168) & 0 (7) · Bowl 0/17 (5)	120 (168) & 0 (7)	0/17 (5)
30 Jan 2026	Sri Lanka v EnglandBat 11 (12) · Bowl –	11 (12)	–
27 Jan 2026	Sri Lanka v EnglandBat 9 (16) · Bowl 1/45 (5)	9 (16)	1/45 (5)
24 Jan 2026	Sri Lanka v EnglandBat 40 (59) · Bowl 2/37 (7)	40 (59)	2/37 (7)
22 Jan 2026	Sri Lanka v EnglandBat 10 (21) · Bowl 1/22 (8)	10 (21)	1/22 (8)
11 Jan 2026	Sri Lanka v PakistanBat 22 (15) · Bowl 0/22 (2)	22 (15)	0/22 (2)
7 Jan 2026	Sri Lanka v PakistanBat 10 (10) · Bowl 1/4 (2)	10 (10)	1/4 (2)

Sri Lanka's next match

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, ICC World Test Championship, 9 Nov 2026 at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

The playing XI is named at the toss, so this does not mean Dhananjaya de Silva has been selected.

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