Premachandra de Silva

Dandeniya Premachandra de Silva (also known as D. P. de Silva) is a former Ceylonese cricketer. He was a middle order batsman, who represented Ceylon in first-class cricket from 1962 to 1968. He was educated at Mahinda College, Galle, where he started his cricket career. He is the second of four Dandeniya de Silva brothers who played first-class cricket in Sri Lanka. Premachandra's elder brother D. H. de Silva was also a Ceylonese first class cricketer. His younger brother Somachandra de Silva played Test cricket for Sri Lanka and later became the Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket.