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Somachandra de Silva

Sri Lankan cricketer

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born
1942
died
2025
age at death
83
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1942 – 2025

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Dandeniyage Somachandra de Silva, also known as D. S. de Silva, was a Sri Lankan cricketer, who played Test and One Day International cricket in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the first ODI cap for Sri Lanka, second Test cap for Sri Lanka and was part of Sri Lanka's first Test team. He bowled leg spin, and on the tour of Pakistan in 1982 he became the first Sri Lankan bowler to take five wickets in a Test innings.

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