- Man-of-the-match in both the semifinal as well as final triumphs of Sri Lanka in the 1996 World Cup.
- His highest test score of 267 against New Zealand at Wellington was the first double century by a Sri Lankan outside the subcontinent.
- Played first class cricket with Kent in the English County.
- Scored a double century in his penultimate test match. It was his 20th test ton.
- First Sri Lankan to score centuries in both innings of a test match. He did so on two separate occasions.
- His match winning unbeaten 107 in the finals of the 1996 World Cup against Australia was voted by Wisden as the 8th greatest ODI batting performance of all-time. De Silva has five additional entries in Wisden's 100 all-time best ODI batting performances, making his six entries second only to West Indies' Sir Vivian Richards who has seven.
- Wisden Cricketer of the Year, 1996.
- Third highest run scorer in multi nation tournament finals played through the 1990s, with 762 runs in 18 such matches, behind only Sachin Tendulkar and Gary Kirsten.
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