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.
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| Full name | Sammu Nirwantha Thikshila de Silva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 December 1993 Galle, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 68) | 20 January 2017 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 25 January 2017 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2015–present | Chilaw Marians Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Colombo Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 August 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic career
editHe 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
editIn 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
edit- ^ "Thikshila de Silva". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Sri Lanka pick uncapped Thikshila de Silva for SA T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 1st T20I: South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, Jan 20, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ "Tharanga to lead Sri Lanka in ODIs against South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ "Kumara, Sanjaya, Vandersay added to SL ODI squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2017.