Aravinda de Silva (left) raises his bat after scoring a century in 1996 ICC Cricket World Cup Final
Personal information
Full name
Pinnaduwage Aravinda de Silva
Born
(1965-10-17) 17 October 1965 (age 58) Colombo, Ceylon
Nickname
Mad Max
Height
5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)[1]
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm off break
Role
Batsman
International information
National side
Sri Lanka (1984–2003)
Test debut (cap 27)
23 August 1984 v England
Last Test
23 July 2002 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 37)
31 April 1984 v New Zealand
Last ODI
18 March 2003 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1989–2002
Nondescripts Cricket Club
1995
Kent
1996/97
Auckland
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
FC
LA
Matches
93
308
220
392
Runs scored
6,361
9,284
15,000
12,095
Batting average
42.97
34.90
48.38
36.32
100s/50s
20/22
11/64
43/71
17/77
Top score
267
145
267
158*
Balls bowled
2,595
5,148
9,005
7,377
Wickets
29
106
129
156
Bowling average
41.65
39.40
29.17
36.30
5 wickets in innings
0
0
8
0
10 wickets in match
0
0
1
0
Best bowling
3/30
4/30
7/24
4/28
Catches/stumpings
43/–
95/–
108/–
116/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing Sri Lanka
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner
1996 India-Pakistan-Sri Lanka
Source: Cricinfo, 25 August 2007
Deshabandu Pinnaduwage Aravinda de Silva (Sinhala: අරවින්ද ද සිල්වා,Tamil: அரவிந்த டி சில்வா ; born 17 October 1965) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain, Regarded as one of the best Sri Lankan cricketer, he played in the team as an all-rounder. De Silva was a key member of the Sri Lankan team that won 1996 Cricket World Cup, where he scored a match winning century in the final, that brought Sri Lanka from underdog status to present-day form. He has held various posts in Sri Lankan Cricket after his retirement in 2003.[2] He was inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2023.[3]
Aravinda is the only player to make a hundred and take three or more wickets in a World cup final.[citation needed] He is the first man to score two unbeaten hundreds in a Test, where he scored unbeaten 138 and 103 against Pakistan in 1997.[4]
Following his illustrious cricket career, de Silva came under fire with several accusations of match fixing, along with Arjuna Ranatunga, which he vehemently denied.[5][6][7]
^Weerawansa, Dinesh (4 December 2022). "Unrivalled Aravinda to grace the show of shows". Sunday Observer. Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. De Silva, who stands five feet and 3.5 inches [...]
^"Where are Herath's team-mates from his 1999 Test debut?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
^"India's Virender Sehwag, Diana Edulji and Sri Lanka's Aravind D'Silva enter ICC's Hall of Fame". The Hindu. 13 November 2023. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
^"Birth of a World Cup hero". ESPNcricinfo. 29 April 2005. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
^"Aravinda de Silva: The end of the Road".
^"Arjuna Ranatunga, Aravinda de Silva deny fixing allegations". 31 July 2018.
^"Sri Lanka Cricket ex-chief revives match-fixing charges against Arjuna". 30 July 2018.
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