Personal
| Name | Dhananjaya de Silva |
| Full Name | Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | September 6, 1991 |
Social
| Place of Birth | Hambantota, Sri Lanka |
| Father's Name | Ranjan de Silva |
Sport Profile
| Sport | |
| Discipline | Men's Cricket |
| Active/Retired | Active |
| Role | Right-handed Batting all-rounder- Off Break |
| Level | National, International |
| Teams | Sri Lanka, Badureliya SC, Kandurata Maroons, Ragama CC, Tamil Unicorn |
| Profile | Dhananjaya de Silva is a Sri Lankan International cricketer, who plays from the national side of Sri Lanka since 2015. He plays for all formats of the game and represents Tamil Unicorn team at domestic level. Dhananjaya de Silva is a batting all-rounder, who bats right-handedly and bowls off-break. He started cricket career in his early age and played several school level tournaments in the initial stage of his career. He made his international debut through a T20I match in 2015 against Pakistan, after living a glorious career in domestic circuit. Dhananjaya de Silva then made his debut in rest two formats of the game consecutively in the next year 2016. He gradually made his place permanent in the national squad in all formats with his impressive playing skills. At the beginning he was a skilled batsman but steadily, de Silva became an all-rounder by improving his wily off-spin bowling progressively with matches. He was named in the Sri Lankan squad for 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup. |
| Career Information | Debut Test Match: at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Vs Australia on 26th of July in 2016 Last Test Match: at St. George’s Park Stadium Vs South Africa on 21st of February in 2019 Debut ODI Match: at The Village Stadium Vs Ireland on 16th of June in 2016 Last ODI: at Newlands Stadium Vs South Africa on 16th of March in 2019 Debut T20I Match: at R. Premadasa Stadium Vs Pakistan on 30th of July in 2015 Last T20I Match: at The Wanderers Stadium Vs Pakistan on 24th of March in 2019 Batting Career: He has scored 1495 runs in 25 matches in 3 years of Test career at an average of 31.81 and strike rate of 55.72 including 4 hundreds and 5 fifties (as on May 21, 2019) Bowling Career: He has taken 15 wickets in 25 matches in 3 years of Test career at an average of 53.6 (as on May 21, 2019) |
| Achievements/Records Associated With | SLC Test batsman of the year 2017 |