Dhananjaya de Silva
Dhananjaya de Silva — career overview
Dhananjaya de Silva is a cricketer who represents Sri Lanka in international cricket as a batting allrounder (Right Handed Bat, Right-arm offbreak bowler). In international cricket Dhananjaya de Silva has appeared in 65 Tests (4,133 runs at 38.63, with 12 hundreds and 19 fiftys); 90 ODIs (1,865 runs at 25.90, with 10 fiftys); 45 T20Is (847 runs at 21.18, with 3 fiftys). With the ball, Dhananjaya de Silva has taken 103 international wickets across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Dhananjaya de Silva with other players using the player comparison tool, or see where Sri Lanka rank in the latest ICC rankings.
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 65 | 115 | 7 | 4133 | 173 | 38.63 | 7089 | 58.39 | 12 | 19 | 499 | 36 |
| ODI | 90 | 82 | 10 | 1865 | 93 | 25.90 | 2373 | 78.60 | - | 10 | 186 | 17 |
| T20I | 45 | 44 | 4 | 847 | 66 | 21.18 | 731 | 115.87 | - | 3 | 71 | 18 |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 65 | 95 | 4149 | 2301 | 43 | 3/25 | 5/51 | 55.98 | 3.33 | 100.7 | - | - |
| ODI | 90 | 75 | 2250 | 1907 | 44 | 3/32 | 3/32 | 43.34 | 5.09 | 51.1 | - | - |
| T20I | 45 | 25 | 286 | 327 | 16 | 2/22 | 2/22 | 20.44 | 6.86 | 17.9 | - | - |
Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Bowling — Wickets & Economy
Career Milestones
Dhananjaya de Silva — Career Overview
Dhananjaya de Silva is a batting allrounder from Sri Lanka. Dhananjaya bats right handed bat and bowls right-arm offbreak. Genuine all-rounders are the most valued cricketers in the white-ball era — players who can shift the balance with both bat and ball and free their captain to pick an extra specialist. Workload management and form across both disciplines decide how often they make the eleven. Sri Lanka is one of the playing nations represented across the international and franchise calendar, with players drawn from the domestic system and the academy pathway into the senior side. International batting record — 65 Tests: 4,133 runs at an average of 38.63, strike rate 58.39 (12 hundreds, 19 fiftys); 90 ODIs: 1,865 runs at an average of 25.90, strike rate 78.60 (10 fiftys); 45 T20Is: 847 runs at an average of 21.18, strike rate 115.87 (3 fiftys). International bowling — 43 wickets in Test at 55.98, economy 3.33; 44 wickets in ODI at 43.34, economy 5.09; 16 wickets in T20I at 20.44, economy 6.86. Franchise leagues — the IPL, PSL, BBL, CPL, SA20 and others — make up an increasing share of the modern cricket calendar, with selection in these competitions shaping income, exposure and the pathway back into national squads. Career statistics in cricket are best read across formats: a Test average, an ODI strike rate and a T20I economy each tell a different part of the story, and modern selection often turns on how a player splits their time across red-ball and white-ball cricket within a packed annual schedule. Recent form, opposition strength and conditions at the venue also weigh heavily alongside the headline numbers. Our player database tracks Dhananjaya de Silva's match-by-match appearances across the international and domestic calendar, with batting and bowling splits by format, opposition, venue and time period. Career milestones — highest score, best bowling figures, fastest fifty or hundred and notable franchise performances — sit alongside the running totals so the full arc of a career is easy to read in one view. On GeoCric you can dig into Dhananjaya de Silva's career numbers, format-by-format breakdowns, batting and bowling averages, century and five-wicket counts, league appearances and recent form — refreshed against live match data and free to read.