Dhananjaya de Silva

Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva, or commonly Dhananjaya de Silva (born 6 September 1991) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays all forms in international arena and for Tamil Union in domestic cricket. De Silva is currently plays as the opening batsman in limited over format for Sri Lanka.

He was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan in July 2015.He made his T20I debut on 30 July 2015. He scored 31 runs in his first international match, which Sri Lanka lost.

He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Ireland on 16 June 2016, as the 169th ODI cap for Sri Lanka.

Warne-Murali Trophy 2016

In July 2016 he was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against Australia. On 26 July 2016 he made his Test debut for Sri Lanka against Australia. He became the first player for Sri Lanka to get off the mark in a Test match by scoring a six. He took his first Test wicket by dismissing Peter Nevill in the second innings of the match.

His maiden Test century came during the third Test of same Australian tour. Sri Lanka were in trouble at 5/26, when de Silva joined Dinesh Chandimal to secure the side. The two stood a century partnership and de Silva scored his maiden ton of his career. De Silva is the highest run scorer in the series with 325 runs with one century and one fifty of average 65.00. Sri Lanka whitewashed Australia for the first time.

After Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan retired from ODIs, de Silva was promoted to his slot of opening position. He scored 76 runs in the match. This score stands as the highest score by a Sri Lankan opening the batting for the first time, beating Saman Jayantha's score of 74 in 2004.

Zimbabwe tour 2016

De Silva continued his good performance throughout the two Tests against Zimbabwe. In the first match, he scored a fifty. Zimbabwe made 411 in chasing, with Sri Lanka winning the match.

During the second Test, De Silva made a 142-run partnership with Upul Tharanga. Meanwhile, Tharanga was out caught at slip and de Silva continued by scoring his second Test century, in his fifth Test match of his career.

Test centuries

Test centuries of Dhananjaya de Silva
No	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Result
[1]	129	3	Australia	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	Won
[2]	127	5	Zimbabwe	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	Won

One Day International

Man of the Match awards

No	Opponent	Venue	Date	Match Performance	Result
1	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	14 November 2016	DNB ; 78* (75 balls: 12x4)	Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets.