Thikshila de Silva

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Thikshila de Silva
තික්ෂිල ද සිල්වා
Personal information
Full nameSammu Nirwantha Thikshila de Silva
Born (1993-12-16) 16 December 1993 (age 28)
Galle, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-hand bat
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 17 10 19
Runs scored 4 696 226 221
Batting average 1.50 26.76 28.25 14.73
100s/50s -/- 0/5 -/1 -/1
Top score 3 92 54 59
Balls bowled 6 614 137 132
Wickets 0 17 5 6
Bowling average - 22.88 19.60 31.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 n/a 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 n/a 0
Best bowling n/a 4/57 3/33 2/22
Catches/stumpings -/- 14/– 1/- 2/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 January 2017

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] However, he was dropped from the squad on the day before the first ODI match.[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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