Dhananjaya de Silva
Sri Lankan cricketer
Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva (Sinhala: ධනංජය මදුරංග ද සිල්වා; born 6 September 1991) is a Sri Lankan professional cricketer, who plays for Sri Lanka in all formats of the game and for Tamil Union in domestic cricket and current captain of the national team in Test cricket. In November 2017, he was named the Test batsman of the year for the 2016–17 season at Sri Lanka Cricket's annual awards.
Personal life
de Silva was born on 6 September 1991 at Hambantota as the second son of a family of three brothers. de Silva started his cricket career at Deberawewa National School in Tissamaharama, Hambanthota. After he move to Galle, he then briefly attended Mahanama College Colombo, before moving to Richmond College, Galle. He played his senior school cricket at Richmond College, Galle and captained the Richmond first XI cricket team in the 2010/2011 season.
de Silva's father, Ranjan de Silva was a politician. On 25 May 2018, his father was murdered by an unidentified gunman in front of their Ratmalana house. With the sudden death of his father, de Silva withdrew from the Sri Lankan squad for the West Indies tour. However, he participated in the tour from second match onwards.
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