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Dhananjaya de Silva

Batter and bowler, age 35

+0.1

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 2.4 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 187th of 1,127 rated bowlers, top 20%.

Hard to score off and at his best at the death.

89% range
−0.7 to +1.0
Likely rank
85th to 402nd
Per 24 balls
+0.2
Next season
+0.4
Whole career
0.0
Run-outs, per match
+0.03
No-balls (0.13 per 100 balls), per 24
+0.16
Balls
800
Last played
2025
Where he sits among 1,127 rated bowlers

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In IPL numbers

The same player run through today's IPL (the 2026 season's scoring) against average opposition.

SilvaIPL average
Economy9.59.5
Balls per wicket2020
Dot balls27%29%
Economy, powerplay9.69.6
Economy, middle9.09.0
Economy, death10.310.4

Saves 0.0 runs a match against an average IPL bowler. Runs only; the rating also counts his wickets.

By phase

Points of win chance per 24 balls, from his rating.

Powerplay−0.0
Middle−0.1
Death+0.6

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketsbottom 40%
Hard to score offtop 14%
Stronger at the death than earliertop 11%

Bowling the 19th, defending 24 off 12

A real IPL position, played out a thousand times with him in it and a thousand times with an average bowler in his place. Each line is one finish, ball by ball, from 24 to win down to 0.

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Season by season

Win value: points of win chance per 24 balls against the par ball in the same situation, in the games he played (raw: not adjusted for the opposition or the competition). Bar width shows how many balls.

-140+14 2016: +7.7 per 24 over 24 balls 162018: +11.2 per 24 over 66 balls 182019: −9.8 per 24 over 18 balls 192020: +7.9 per 24 over 74 balls 202021: −5.6 per 24 over 114 balls 212022: +2.1 per 24 over 179 balls 222023: +4.5 per 24 over 197 balls 232024: +13.4 per 24 over 96 balls 242025: −0.8 per 24 over 24 balls 25
SeasonMatchesOversWktsAvgEconSRDot %Win value

By competition

Strength: a typical bowler there against a typical IPL bowler, points per 24 balls. The rating already allows for it; the record here does not.

CompetitionStrengthMatchesWktsAvgEconWin value

Last 10 matches

With the win chance his own balls added for his side, in points (each ball against a par ball from the same situation).

  1. 0/22(2.0)v Pakistan, T20Is, 2026-01-11 · scorecard−1.2
  2. 1/4(2.0)v Pakistan, T20Is, 2026-01-07 · replay+0.4
  3. 0/14(2.0)v Galle Marvels, LPL, 2024-07-21−1.1
  4. 0/23(3.0)v Kandy Falcons, LPL, 2024-07-20−1.1
  5. 0/11(1.0)v Galle Marvels, LPL, 2024-07-18−5.0
  6. 2/25(4.0)v Dambulla Sixers, LPL, 2024-07-03+12.8
  7. 1/16(4.0)v Galle Marvels, LPL, 2024-07-02+41.1
  8. 1/11(2.0)v Bangladesh, T20Is, 2024-06-07+8.1
  9. 1/2(0.5)v Bangladesh, T20Is, 2024-03-09+20.1
  10. 1/1(1.0)v Zimbabwe, T20Is, 2024-01-18+12.7

His biggest spells, by win chance added

Not the most runs or wickets: the most difference to the result. Counted over his own balls only; the other end can give some of it back, so a rescue act can add more than 100.

  1. 4/6(2.0)v B-Love Kandy, LPL, 2023-08-14+42.7
  2. 1/16(4.0)v Galle Marvels, LPL, 2024-07-02+41.1
  3. 2/22(4.0)v South Africa, T20Is, 2018-08-14+21.3
  4. 1/2(0.5)v Bangladesh, T20Is, 2024-03-09+20.1
  5. 1/23(4.0)v Dambulla Viiking, LPL, 2020-12-14+15.5