Nilakshika Silva
Nilakshika Silva — career overview
Nilakshika Silva is a cricketer who represents Sri Lanka in international cricket as a batsman (Right Handed Bat, Right-arm medium bowler). In international cricket Nilakshika Silva has appeared in 53 ODIs (1,109 runs at 29.18, with 4 fiftys); 64 T20Is (699 runs at 15.53). With the ball, Nilakshika Silva has taken 26 international wickets across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Nilakshika 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 53 | 49 | 11 | 1109 | 63 | 29.18 | 1523 | 72.82 | - | 4 | 93 | 14 |
| T20I | 64 | 57 | 12 | 699 | 49 | 15.53 | 729 | 95.88 | - | - | 48 | 8 |
| T20 (dom.) | 103 | 86 | 23 | 1151 | 63 | 18.27 | 1176 | 97.88 | - | 1 | 80 | 15 |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 53 | 11 | 318 | 306 | 4 | 1/27 | 1/27 | 76.50 | 5.77 | 79.5 | - | - |
| T20I | 64 | 20 | 217 | 236 | 11 | 3/13 | 3/13 | 21.45 | 6.53 | 19.7 | - | - |
| T20 (dom.) | 103 | 21 | 228 | 247 | 11 | 3/13 | 3/13 | 22.45 | 6.50 | 20.7 | - | - |
Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Bowling — Wickets & Economy
Nilakshika Silva — Career Overview
Nilakshika Silva is a batsman from Sri Lanka. Nilakshika bats right handed bat and bowls right-arm medium. Specialist batters anchor an innings and shape its tempo. The best combine a tight defensive technique with the range of strokes needed to score off any ball, and the temperament to bat long across all conditions and formats. 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 — 53 ODIs: 1,109 runs at an average of 29.18, strike rate 72.82 (4 fiftys); 64 T20Is: 699 runs at an average of 15.53, strike rate 95.88. International bowling — 4 wickets in ODI at 76.50, economy 5.77; 11 wickets in T20I at 21.45, economy 6.53. 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 Nilakshika 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 Nilakshika 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.