Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - De Silva ya fara bugawa Ceylon a 1966-67 kuma ya taka leda a yawancin kungiyoyin Sri Lanka daga baya har zuwa tsakiyar 1980s. Ya kuma taka leda a gasar cin kofin M. J. Gopalan, gasar cin kofin kwallon kafa ta farko da aka fara tsakanin Ceylon da Madras. Ya kasance wani ɓangare na tawagar gasar cin kofin duniya ta farko ta Sri Lanka a lokacin gasar cin kofin duniya ta ICC Cricket a shekarar 1975. Ya fara buga wasan ODI a ranar 7 ga Yuni a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1975
a kan West Indies wanda shi ne kuma Sri Lanka ta farko da ya taba ODI bayyanar. Ya ɗauki mafi yawan wickets a tsakanin 'yan wasan da ke juyawa a lokacin gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1975 tare da kwallaye huɗu, a cikin gasar da' yan wasa suka mamaye.