Thikshila de Silva


Sammu Nirwantha Thikshila de Silva, or commonly as Thikshila de Silva is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a past student of Devapathiraja College, Raggama, and Mahinda College, Galle.

Domestic career

He made his first-class debut for Chilaw Marians Cricket Club in the 2014–15 Premier Trophy on 20 February 2015.
In April 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament. In August 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.

International career

In January 2017 he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International squad for their series against South Africa. He made his T20I debut for Sri Lanka against South Africa on 20 January 2017. Later the same month he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International squad, also for their series against South Africa. However, he was dropped from the squad on the day before the first ODI match.