Chaturanga de Silva


Pinnaduwage Chaturanga de Silva, or Chaturanga de Silva, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer plays for limited over internationals for Sri Lanka. He is primarily a left-handed batsman but bowls handy slow left-arm orthodox. He has represented the Sri Lanka cricket team in limited over international matches.

Personal life

de Silva is married to his long-time partner Nirma de Silva on 7 August 2015. The wedding was celebrated at The Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo. His younger brother Wanidu Hasaranga is also a limited overs cricketer, who debut on 2 July 2017 against Zimbabwe.

Domestic career

In March 2018, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament. The following month, he was also named in Galle's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.
In August 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League. In February 2019, Sri Lanka Cricket named him as the Player of the Tournament of the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament. In March 2019, he was named in Kandy's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.

International career

De Silva was first selected in the Sri Lankan squad for the series against South Africa. He made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka vs Pakistan in the Asia Cup on 25 February 2014. He took four wickets. He scored 44 against Bangladesh.
He was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International squad for their series against Pakistan in July 2015, but did not play any match. In October 2017, he was named in Sri Lanka's T20I squad for their series against Pakistan. He made his T20I debut for Sri Lanka against Pakistan on 29 October 2017.