Kaushal Silva Biography
Prasanna Jayawardene, Dinesh Chandimal, the genius himself Kumar Sangakkara and add to it the fray another one in Kaushal Silva and it surprises as to how Sri Lankan cricket manages to produce quality keepers with such alarming regularity.
According to Sangakkara, if not for Prasanna Jayawardene whom he rates as the best Test gloveman in the world, Silva would have had a stronger case for his selection in the side. A prolific scorer for his club Sinhalese in domestic cricket, the right hander in a very short period of time has built a reputation of being an individual who has a calm head under pressure and one who backs his abilities to the hilt. An average of 44.62 from his first 85 first class matches which include 12 centuries also prove the point.
He made it to Sri Lanka’s Test squad for tours of Pakistan and India in 2009 and as recent as 2010 also made it to squad for the home series against West Indies. However with the keeper’s slot being a specialist position and with such tough competition for places, Silva will have to wait his chance and hopefully when the opportunity does come along, he’s got to make full use of them.
Fast Facts
From 85 initial first class games, he has scored in excess of 5000 runs and also affected 251 dismissals.
He also scored 1012 runs in the 2008-09 season at a sensational average of 56.12.
Prasanna Jayawardene, Dinesh Chandimal, the genius himself Kumar Sangakkara and add to it the fray another one in Kaushal Silva and it surprises as to how Sri Lankan cricket manages to produce quality keepers with such alarming regularity.
According to Sangakkara, if not for Prasanna Jayawardene whom he rates as the best Test gloveman in the world, Silva would have had a stronger case for his selection in the side. A prolific scorer for his club Sinhalese in domestic cricket, the right hander in a very short period of time has built a reputation of being an individual who has a calm head under pressure and one who backs his abilities to the hilt. An average of 44.62 from his first 85 first class matches which include 12 centuries also prove the point.
He made it to Sri Lanka’s Test squad for tours of Pakistan and India in 2009 and as recent as 2010 also made it to squad for the home series against West Indies. However with the keeper’s slot being a specialist position and with such tough competition for places, Silva will have to wait his chance and hopefully when the opportunity does come along, he’s got to make full use of them.
Fast Facts
From 85 initial first class games, he has scored in excess of 5000 runs and also affected 251 dismissals.
He also scored 1012 runs in the 2008-09 season at a sensational average of 56.12.
Kaushal Silva
Kaushal Silva
Kaushal Silva
Kaushal Silva
Kaushal Silva
Kaushal Silva
Kaushal Silva
Kaushal Silva
Kaushal Silva
Kaushal Silva
Kaushal Silva
Navneet Kaushal, CEO PageTraffic at ClickAsia
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