Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - De Silva mere nke mbụ ya maka Ceylon na 1966-67 ma kpọọ ọtụtụ egwuregwu Sri Lanka mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị ruo n'etiti afọ 1980. Ọ gwakwara na M. J. Gopalan Trophy, asọmpi egwuregwu cricket nke mbụ nke e bidoro n'etiti Ceylon na Madras. Ọ bụ akụkụ nke ndị otu World Cup mbụ nke Sri Lanka n'oge mbipụta mmeghe nke ICC Cricket World Cup na 1975. Ọ gbara bọọlụ mbụ ya n'ụbọchị asaa n'ọnwa Juun n'asọmpi Iko Mbaụwa nke afọ 1975.
megide West Indies nke bụkwa nke mbụ nke Sri Lanka ODI. O bulie ọnụ ọgụgụ kachasị elu nke wickets n'etiti ndị na-agba bọọlụ na-agbagharị n'oge 1975 World Cup na isi anọ, na asọmpi nke ndị na-agba ọsọ na-achịkwa.