Thikshila de Silva

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.

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

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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