Pinnaduwage Chaturanga de Silva (born 17 January 1990), or Chaturanga de Silva, is a Sri Lankan professional cricketer who represented his country at international level in limited overs cricket. He is primarily a left-handed batsman but bowls handy slow left-arm orthodox. He continues to play domestic and franchise cricket around the world. Chathuranga de Silva was educated at St. Aloysius College, Galle, where he started his cricket career. He is the elder brother of Sri Lankan All-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva.
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| Full name | Pinanduwage Chathuranaga de silva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 1990 Galle, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowling All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Wanindu Hasaranga, (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 159) | 25 February 2014 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 1 February 2017 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 73) | 29 October 2017 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 22 December 2017 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life
editHis younger brother Wanindu Hasaranga is also a limited overs cricketer, who debuted on 2 July 2017 against Zimbabwe.[1]
Domestic career
editIn March 2018, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[2][3] The following month, he was also named in Galle's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[4]
In August 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[5] In February 2019, Sri Lanka Cricket named him as the Player of the Tournament of the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[6] In March 2019, he was named in Kandy's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[7] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Jaffna Stallions for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[8] In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Greys team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[9] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Jaffna Kings following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[10] In July 2022, he was signed by the Dambulla Giants for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[11]
International career
editDe Silva was first selected in the Sri Lankan squad for the series against South Africa. He made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka against Pakistan in the Asia Cup on 25 February 2014. In the match, he took four wickets in a winning course. Then in the next match against Bangladesh, he scored 44 runs.[12]
He was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan in July 2015, but did not play any match.[13] In October 2017, he was named in Sri Lanka's T20I squad for their series against Pakistan.[14] He made his T20I debut for Sri Lanka against Pakistan on 29 October 2017.[15]
References
edit- ^ "Wanidu Hasaranga". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament". Daily Sports. 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "New contracts for domestic players; 2017/18 best performers rewarded". The Papare. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Squads, Fixtures announced for SLC Provincial 50 Overs Tournament". The Papare. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Cricket announce Invitational T20 squads and schedule". The Papare. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews miss out on LPL drafts". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "LPL 2022 draft: Kandy Falcons sign Hasaranga; Rajapaksa to turn out for Dambulla Giants". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ "Kusal Perera, two uncapped players in SL squad for fifth ODI". ESPNcricinfo. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ "Five uncapped players in SL squad for Pakistan T20s". ESPNcricinfo. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Thisara Perera to captain Sri Lanka in Lahore". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ "3rd T20I (N), Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates and Pakistan at Lahore, Oct 29 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 October 2017.