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DM de Silva

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

DM de Silva — 225 career matches, 7,250 runs and 120 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
30.3
Bowl Avg
41.1

Career stats overview

64 Test · 81 ODI · 80 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

64 matches

4,133
Runs scored
43
Wickets taken

Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

ODI

81 matches

1,769
Runs scored
41
Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

80 matches

1,348
Runs scored
36
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215
wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112
wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4
batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198
wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

14
five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

2
finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

Elite across all three formats

788 wickets across all formats. Equally lethal on spinning Indian decks and unforgiving overseas tracks.

Test cricket is where the numbers peak

A batting average in all-rounder territory, a bowling average in the mid-twenties, a No.1 ranking held across multiple cycles.

A franchise career of its own

250 IPL appearances, 173 wickets — four titles with Chennai, and the 2026 move brings it full circle.

Sir Jadeja

The meme that became a compliment. A cultural marker only a handful of modern players carry.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams DM de Silva has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

South Africa

Matches
37
Runs
1,016
Wickets
20

Australia

Matches
22
Runs
864
Wickets
15

Bangladesh

Matches
21
Runs
1,042
Wickets
17

England

Matches
20
Runs
670
Wickets
14

India

Matches
20
Runs
530
Wickets
10

New Zealand

Matches
16
Runs
570
Wickets
11

Pakistan

Matches
15
Runs
726
Wickets
4

West Indies

Matches
12
Runs
509
Wickets
2

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where DM de Silva has turned out most often.

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Matches
43
Runs
808
Wickets
22

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Matches
23
Runs
730
Wickets
15

Galle International Stadium

Matches
17
Runs
1,003
Wickets
11

Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa

Matches
9
Runs
174
Wickets
3

Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

Matches
8
Runs
444
Wickets
4

Harare Sports Club

Matches
7
Runs
415
Wickets
4

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
5
Runs
142
Wickets
2

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches
5
Runs
60
Wickets
4

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.