Pinnaduwage Chaturanga de Silva, born on January 17, 1990, in Galle, Sri Lanka, is a 34-year-old cricketer known for his role as an allrounder. Standing at 5 feet 6 inches tall, he bats left-handed and bowls slow left-arm orthodox. De Silva was educated at St. Aloysius’ College in Galle and has a notable cricketing connection in his family, with his brother, PW Hasaranga, also being a prominent cricketer.

In his T20 career, de Silva has played 144 matches and has a strike rate of 126.20. Chaturanga de Silva made his international debut in the 2014 Asia Cup, after good returns for the A team against the visiting England Lions. Two forties and five wickets in the first unofficial Test in February cleared the path to his selection in the Asia Cup squad, in Rangana Herath’s absence, but de Silva had been among the most consistent fringe players for over a year, both for the A team and for his domestic team, Moors Sports Club.

De Silva was earmarked as a future international prospect by the Sanath Jayasuriya-led selection panel in 2013, when he hit first-class hundreds in both the A-team tour to the West Indies, and New Zealand A’s tour of Sri Lanka. An alumni of Galle’s St. Aloysius College, de Silva has also played for Colts Cricket Club and Chilaw Marians in his domestic career. Currently, he is playing for the B-Love Kandy team in the Lanka Premier League (LPL), where his all-round skills continue to make a significant impact.