Thikshila de Silva
Personal information
Full name
Sammu Nirwantha Thikshila de Silva
Born (1993-12-16) 16 December 1993
Galle, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 68)20 January 2017 v South Africa
Last T20I25 January 2017 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.27
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–presentChilaw Marians Cricket Club
2020Colombo Kings
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 3 52 54 59
Runs scored 3 1,983 1,184 953
Batting average 1.50 24.78 25.19 18.68
100s/50s 0/0 1/11 1/6 0/5
Top score 3 119* 106* 72
Balls bowled 6 3,650 1,576 626
Wickets 0 63 49 38
Bowling average – 37.42 25.61 22.15
5 wickets in innings – 0 1 1
10 wickets in match – 0 0 0
Best bowling – 4/42 5/42 5/30
Catches/stumpings 0/– 33/– 14/– 17/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 August 2022

Sammu Nirwantha Thikshila de Silva, or commonly as Thikshila de Silva (born 16 December 1993) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer.[1] 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.[2]

In April 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[3] In August 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[4] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Colombo Kings for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[5]

International career

In January 2017 he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against South Africa.[6] He made his T20I debut for Sri Lanka against South Africa on 20 January 2017.[7] Later the same month he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad, also for their series against South Africa.[8] But the day before the opening ODI, he was dismissed from the team.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Thikshila de Silva". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Premier League Tournament, Group B: Chilaw Marians Cricket Club v Saracens Sports Club at Katunayake, Feb 20–22, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Sri Lanka pick uncapped Thikshila de Silva for SA T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 1st T20I: South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, Jan 20, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Tharanga to lead Sri Lanka in ODIs against South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "Kumara, Sanjaya, Vandersay added to SL ODI squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
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