Karunakalage Sajeewa Chanaka de Silva (born 11 January 1971) is a former Sri Lankan

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er. A left-arm fast-medium bowler, he played eight

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and 38

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s for

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between 1996 and 2000. He made his

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debut on 17 August 2004, for

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in the

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Trivia

Sajeewa de Silva along with Russel Arnold set the record for the highest 10th wicket runstand for Sri Lanka in ODI cricket with 51 runs.

References

1971 births Living people Basnahira North cricketers Basnahira South cricketers Sri Lankan cricketers Sri Lanka Test cricketers Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers Cricketers from Kalutara {{SriLanka-cricket-bio-1970s-stub