Kammala jumla mai zuwa: De Silva ya fara bugawa Ceylon wasa a shekarar 1966-67 kuma ya taka leda a yawancin kungiyoyin Sri Lanka daga nan har zuwa tsakiyar shekarun 1980. 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 da West Indies wanda kuma shine farkon wasan ODI na Sri Lanka. 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.