According to informed sources in Auckland, where De Silva is currently playing for the State team in New Zealand's premier league tournament, the dashing middle order batsman is hoping to return to Colombo before two weeks to the Kiwi tour. De Silva has scored 44 runs for Auckland in his first match in the Shell Cup competiton.
The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) took an unanimous decision at its recent Ex-Co meeting that a national cricketer playing in a major competition in any country should return home two weeks before the national team undertakes a tour, and a cricketer playing in a minor competition in any country, four to five weeks prior to departure.