Aravinda De Silva is one of the greatest Sri Lankan batters of all time. He has been the dependable man whenever Sri Lanka needed him most. He has served Sri Lanka cricket for more than a decade. He has played 93 Test Matches for Sri Lanka. In those Matches he has made 6361 runs at an average of 43. He has hit 20 hundreds in Test Cricket. Aravinda De Silva has also played 306 ODIs for Sri Lanka and in those Matches he has made 9284 runs in ODI Cricket. He has an average of 34.90 with 11 hundreds.
Let’s look at the Top 5 Best Innings of Aravinda De Silva
1) 267 vs New Zealand (1991)
The highest score by Aravinda De Silva in international cricket was made against New Zealand. This is where he Batted for 380 balls in this innings. He hit 40 fours in this innings meaning 160 runs in boundaries. He had a strike rate of 70.26 in this entire innings of 267. This was the innings that let the cricketing world know that a new superstar was born in cricket. He would go on to make Sri Lanka win the World Cup.
2) 206 vs Bangladesh (2002)
The second double hundred scored by Aravinda De Silva was in his last match in Test Cricket. He was playing against Bangladesh. He made 206 runs from just 234 balls at a great strike rate of f 88.04. He hit 28 fours and 1 six meaning 118 runs in boundaries. He was a legend in Sri Lanka cricket and he went out on a high. Aravinda De Silva will always be remembered.
3) 168 vs Pakistan (1997)
One of the best performances in the fourth innings of a Test Match was this innings by Aravinda De Silva. He made 168 in the fourth innings in which he played for 383 balls. He hit 14 fours and 1 six in this incredible knock meaning only 62 runs in boundaries. He had a strike rate of 43 in this innings. Sri Lanka made 423 in the fourth innings.
4) 107* vs Australia (1996)
The match winning innings that Aravinda De Silva played in the 1996 World Cup final has to be in this list. This is one of those rare occasions when the chasing team in the final had a centurion. Aravinda De Silva was not out as he made 107* runs. He batted for 124 balls in this innings in which he hit 13 fours meaning 52 runs in boundaries. He had a strike rate of 88 and he chased down a total of 242 to win Sri Lanka the World Cup.
5) 145 vs Kenya (1996)
The highest score by Aravinda De Silva in ODI Cricket is the one he scored against Kenya in 1996. The year 1996 was a special year for the batter. In this match Sri Lanka were batting first and he hit a fast paced 145 from just 115 balls. He smashed 14 fours and 5 sixes meaning 86 runs in boundaries. He was striking at an impressive 126.09. Thus was the decimation of a good Kenya bowling attack.
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