Dhansiri Weerasinghe

Dhansiri Weerasinghe (1936 – 7 July 2020) was a cricketer who played 12 matches of first-class cricket for Ceylon between 1958 and 1969.

Weerasinghe attended Ananda College in Colombo. He made his highest score of 92 when he captained Ceylon to a draw in the Gopalan Trophy match in 1968–69.

He toured India with the Ceylon team in 1964-65, playing in one of the three matches against India, but with little success. He was one of the selectors who included him in the Ceylon team to tour England in 1968, but the tour was cancelled just before it was due to begin.

Weerasinghe married Chatra Tennakoon in 1965, and they had three daughters. They migrated to Australia in 1974. He died in Melbourne in July 2020.