Pinnaduwage Chaturanga de Silva (born 17 January 1990), or Chaturanga de Silva, is a Sri Lankan professional cricketer who represented his country at international level in

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. He is primarily a left-handed batsman but bowls handy slow left-arm orthodox. He continues to play domestic and franchise cricket around the world. Chathuranga de Silva was educated at St. Aloysius College, Galle, where he started his cricket career. He is the elder brother of Sri Lankan

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Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva.

Personal life

His younger brother

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is also a limited overs cricketer, who debuted on 2 July 2017 against Zimbabwe.

Domestic career

In March 2018, he was named in Galle's squad for the

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. The following month, he was also named in Galle's squad for the

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. In August 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League. In February 2019,

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named him as the Player of the Tournament of the

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. In March 2019, he was named in Kandy's squad for the

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. In October 2020, he was drafted by the Jaffna Stallions for the inaugural edition of the

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. In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Greys team for the

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tournament. In November 2021, he was selected to play for the

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following the players' draft for the

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. In July 2022, he was signed by the Dambulla Giants for the third edition of the

International career

De Silva was first selected in the Sri Lankan squad for the series against

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. He made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka against Pakistan in the

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on 25 February 2014. In the match, he took four wickets in a winning course. Then in the next match against Bangladesh, he scored 44 runs. He was named in Sri Lanka's

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(T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan in July 2015, but did not play any match. In October 2017, he was named in Sri Lanka's T20I squad for their series against Pakistan. He made his T20I debut for Sri Lanka against Pakistan on 29 October 2017.

References

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