Thikshila de Silva

Personal information

Full name

Sammu Nirwantha Thikshila de Silva

Born

16 December 1993 (age 23)
Galle, Sri Lanka

Batting style

Left-hand bat

Bowling style

Right-arm fast-medium

Role

All-rounder

International information

National side

Sri Lanka (2017-)

T20I debut (cap 68)

20 January 2017 v South Africa

Last T20I

25 January 2017 v South Africa

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2015-Present

Chilaw Marians Cricket Club

Career statistics

Competition	T20I	FC	LA	T20
Matches	3	17	10	19
Runs scored	4	696	226	221
Batting average	1.50	26.76	28.25	14.73
100s/50s	-/-	0/5	-/1	-/1
Top score	3	92	54	59
Balls bowled	6	614	137	132
Wickets	0	17	5	6
Bowling average	-	22.88	19.60	31.00
5 wickets in innings	0	0	n/a	0
10 wickets in match	0	0	n/a	0
Best bowling	n/a	4/57	3/33	2/22
Catches/stumpings	-/-	14/–	1/-	2/–

Source: Cricinfo, 26 January 2017

Sammu Nirwantha Thikshila de Silva, or commonly as Thikshila de Silva (born 16 December 1993) is a Sri Lankan cricketer.

He made his first-class debut for Chilaw Marians Cricket Club in the 2014–15 Premier Trophy on 20 February 2015.

In January 2017 he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against South Africa. He made his T20I debut for Sri Lanka against South Africa on 20 January 2017. Later the same month he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad, also for their series against South Africa. However, he was dropped from the squad on the day before the first ODI match.

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