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Sri Lanka · Colombo Cricket Club

Dhananjaya de Silva

35Sri Lanka

Right-handed middle-order batter
Right-arm off-spin bowler

Men's One-day

Our rank: 49th; batters
Runs a match: −1.2; above an average player
ICC rank: –

Last 2 years	Mat	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ
One-day	13	422	42.2	93.6	14	28.9	4.92

Men's One-day

Our rank: 25th; bowlers
Runs a match: +1.6; above an average player
ICC rank: –

Last 2 years	Mat	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ
One-day	13	422	42.2	93.6	14	28.9	4.92

Men's Test

Our rank: 27th; batters
Runs a match: +9.6; above an average player
ICC rank: 26; 627 points

Last 2 years	Mat	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ
Test	23	1,486	45.0	64.3	24	32.5	3.40

Men's Test

Our rank: 49th; bowlers
Runs a match: −6.6; above an average player
ICC rank: 86; 224 points

Last 2 years	Mat	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ
Test	23	1,486	45.0	64.3	24	32.5	3.40

Batting style

Middle-order batter

	Player	Par	Below parAbove par
Strike rate	110	136
Boundary %	12.4	17.8
Dot %	35.3	37.7
Sixes, % of boundaries	16	36
Strike rate, first 10 balls	113	121
Balls per dismissal	15	18

153 balls · Jan 2024 – Jan 2026

Watchful middle-order batter

	Player	Par	Below parAbove par
Average	22.4	29.9
Strike rate	78	85
Boundary %	9.1	8.8
Dot %	56.8	51.6
Average v pace	26.0	27.1
Average v spin	20.6	32.1
Strike rate v pace	83	93
Strike rate v spin	75	80

604 balls · Jan 2023 – Jan 2026

Balanced middle-order batter

Strong against pace
Tough to get out

	Player	Par	Below parAbove par
Average	46.4	29.2
Average v pace	55.1	28.0
Average v spin	42.8	30.0
Balls per dismissal	74	53
Dot %	67.5	70.9
Boundary %	7.8	6.5

4,810 balls · Nov 2021 – Aug 2026