Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: De Silva mere egwuregwu mbụ ya maka Ceylon na 1966-67 ma kpọọ ọtụtụ ndị otu Sri Lanka mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị ruo 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. O mere nke mbụ ya n'otu ụbọchị n'ụbọchị 7 nke ọnwa Juun n'ụlọ egwuregwu nke
1975 World Cup 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.