- Tillakaratne Dilshan
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Tillakaratne Dilshan 
Personal information Full name Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan Born 14 October 1976
Kalutara, Sri LankaBatting style Right-handed Bowling style Right arm off spin Role Batsman International information National side Sri Lanka Test debut (cap 80) 18 November 1999 v Zimbabwe Last Test 29 October 2011 v Pakistan ODI debut (cap 102) 11 December 1999 v Zimbabwe Last ODI 22 August 2011 v Australia Domestic team information Years Team 1996–1997 Kalutara Town Club 1997–1998 Singha Sports Club 1998–2000 Sebastianites C&AC 2000–present Bloomfield C&AC 2007–present Basnahira South 2008–2010 Delhi Daredevils 2011–present Royal Challengers Bangalore Career statistics Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 73 214 210 309 Runs scored 4,420 5,616 12,386 8,943 Batting average 41.69 35.10 38.94 37.89 100s/50s 12/18 10/23 33/51 17/43 Top score 193 160 200* 188 Balls bowled 2,181 3,385 4,901 4,745 Wickets 27 63 71 98 Bowling average 39.85 42.60 33.67 37.43 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/10 4/4 5/49 4/4 Catches/stumpings 75/– 89/1 339/23 167/8 Source: CricketArchive, 5 November 2011 Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan (Sinhala: තිලකරත්න මුදියන්සේලාගේ දිල්ෂාන්) born October 14, 1976 in Kalutara, Sri Lanka is a Sri Lankan cricketer and captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team since April 2011.[1] He has been a member of the team since November 1999, and was also known as Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan prior to his conversion from Islam to Buddhism.[2] He is an aggressive right-hand batsman and also a capable in spin bowler, his off breaks are mostly used in the one-day arena. T.M. Dilshan won the award of Twenty20 International Performance of the Year at the 2009 ICC Awards for his 96 off 57 balls against West Indies in the semi-final of the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England. He also won man of the series trophy for his indiviual batting performances in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.
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Personal life
Born to a family of a Muslim father and a Buddhist mother, Dilshan converted from Islam to Buddhism at an early age of 16 years.[3] Dilshan had his education at Kalutara Vidyalaya, Kalutara. He is now married to Sri Lankan teledrama actress Manjula Thilini. The marriage was celebrated in India during the 2008 IPL series, following Hindu rituals.[4] Dilshan has a daughter from his second marriage and a son from his first marriage. Dilshan's brother, Tillakaratne Sampath, is a first-class cricketer in Sri Lanka.[5]
Career
Debuted against Zimbabwe in 1999. He scored his maiden Test hundred in the series with a 163. Dilshan also made his One day international debut against Zimbabwe before spending the next 15 months in and out of the side. Even when he played he never knew his place in the side as he was constantly being pushed up and down the order.
His revival as an international cricketer came in 2003. In four consecutive Test innings he scored 63, 100, 83 and 104. The latter came against the world champion Australian side at Galle.
In the first final of the 2005-06 VB Series, Dilshan's fielding made headlines when he made four runouts.
In November 2007, Dilshan scored 188 for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club against Colts Cricket Club in a 50 over game.[6] The innings is the joint 14th highest score made in any List A cricket match (alongside Gary Kirsten's 188 in 1996), and came from just 135 balls, at a strike rate of 139.25. He hit 14 fours and 12 sixes before being bowled by fellow Sri Lankan international Nuwan Kulasekara. The scorecard for the game can be found here [7]
Tillakaratne Dilshan batting during his innings of 193 at Lord's in June 2011.
In the 2009 T20 world cup series, Dilshan became player of the series with 317 runs in seven matches which includes three half centuries. He maintained a 52.83 batting average throughout the series, which was the fourth best among all the cricketers, behind AD Mathews (Sri Lanka) with 75, J Kallis (South Africa) with 59.5 and Younis Khan (Pakistan) with 57.33.[8]
Dilshan courted controversy for his apparent role in the Suraj Randiv no-ball incident that deprived Sehwag a century in the ODI between Sri Lanka and India on 16th August 2010. He was later fined his entire match-fee for allegedly instigating Randiv.[9]
His scoop, played straight over the wicket keeper's head, was displayed for the first time during this tournament and came to be known as the Dilscoop in his honour.
In the fourth season of Indian Premier League, he was contracted by Royal Challengers Bangalore for US$650,000.
Tillakaratne Dilshan was the top run scorer in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He scored 500 runs from nine One Day international innings with a best score of 144 runs against Zimbabwe. He scored two centuries, two half centuries, 61 boundaries and four sixes during the tournament which ended at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India on 2 April 2011.[10]
Immediately after the end of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, with Kumar Sangakkara stepping down as captain, Dilshan was appointed captain of Sri Lanka in all three formats of the game.[11] [12]
However, shortly after his appointment as captain, cricket fans and pundits in Sri Lanka questioned if he was the right man to lead Sri Lanka.[13]
Test centuries
The following table gives a summary of the Test centuries scored by Tillakaratne Dilshan.
- In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
- The column title Match refers to the Match number of the player's career
Test centuries of Tillakaratne Dilshan Runs Match Against City/country Venue Year [1] 163 2 
ZimbabweHarare, Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 1999 [2] 100 11 
EnglandKandy, Sri Lanka Asgiriya Stadium 2003 [3] 104 13 
AustraliaGalle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2004 [4] 168 27 
BangladeshColombo, Sri Lanka P. Saravanamuttu Stadium 2005 [5] 125 46 
IndiaColombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2008 [6] 162 50 BangladeshChittagong, Bangladesh Chittagong Divisional Stadium 2009 [7] 143 [8] 145 52 
PakistanLahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2009 [9] 123* 56 
New ZealandGalle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2009 [10] 112 58 IndiaAhmedabad, India Sardar Patel Stadium 2009 [11] 109 60 IndiaMumbai, India Brabourne Stadium 2009 [12] 193 68 EnglandLondon, England Lord's Cricket Ground 2011 One Day International centuries
ODI centuries of Tillakaratne Dilshan Runs Match Against City/country Venue Year [1] 117* 94 
NetherlandsAmstelveen, Netherlands VRA Ground 2006 [2] 137* 155 PakistanLahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2009 [3] 106 164 
South AfricaCenturion, South Africa SuperSport Park 2009 [4] 160 167 IndiaRajkot, India Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground 2009 [5] 123 168 IndiaNagpur, India Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground 2009 [6] 104 172 BangladeshMirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh Shere Bangla National Stadium 2010 [7] 108* 179 ZimbabweHarare, Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 2010 [8] 110 188 IndiaDambulla, Sri Lanka Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium 2010 [9] 144 199 ZimbabweKandy, Sri Lanka Pallekele International Cricket Stadium 2011 [10] 108* 201 EnglandColombo, Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium 2011 T20I Cricket Centuries
T20I centuries of Tillakaratne Dilshan Runs Match Against City/country Venue Year [1] 104* 33 AustraliaPallekele, Sri Lanka Pallekele International Cricket Stadium 2011 References
- ^ "Dilshan named captain for England tour". ESPNcricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/current/story/511618.html. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
- ^ Cricinfo Profile Retrieved 20-12-2006.
- ^ Sri Lanka profiles BBC News - November 9, 2003
- ^ "Dilshan's wedding gives Delhi a break". http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_dilshan-s-wedding-gives-daredevils-a-break_1166805. DNA - 27 May 2008
- ^ Cricinfo Player Profile Retrieved on 11-05-2010
- ^ "The Reawakening of Tillakaratne Dilshan". Island Cricket. http://www.islandcricket.lk/blogs/hilal/05457/the_reawakening_tillakaratne_dilshan. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ Cricinfo Scorecard Retrieved 18-11-2007.
- ^ Cricinfo Statistics Retrieved 26-06-2009.
- ^ The Times Of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournaments/sri-lanka-tri-series/top-stories/Randiv-gets-one-match-ban-Dilshan-fined/articleshow/6333220.cms.
- ^ "ICC Cricket World Cup, 2010/11 / Records / Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. 2 April 2011. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=4857;type=tournament. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
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- ^ "Sri Lanka appoint new captain, Sangakkara not retained as Test skipper". Island Cricket. http://www.islandcricket.lk/news/srilankacricket/107210418/sri-lanka-appoint-new-captain-sangakkara-not-retained-as-test-skipper. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
- ^ "Sri Lanka's cricket captain; why there were better choices than Dilshan". Island Cricket. http://www.islandcricket.lk/news/srilankacricket/107360419/sri-lankas-cricket-captain-why-there-were-better-choices-than-dilshan. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
Further reading
External links
- Player profile: Tillakaratne Dilshan from ESPNcricinfo
- Player Profile: Tillakaratne Dilshan from CricketArchive
Current national cricket captains1 Australia Bangladesh England India New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies Zimbabwe 1only teams with full member status are listedSri Lanka squad – 2007 Cricket World Cup Runners-Up 1 Jayawardene (c) • 2 Atapattu • 3 Jayasuriya • 4 Tharanga • 5 Sangakkara • 6 Dilshan • 7 Arnold • 8 Silva • 9 Maharoof • 10 Vaas • 11 Fernando • 12 Malinga • 13 Kulasekara • 14 Muralitharan • 15 Bandara • Coach: Moody
Sri Lanka squad – 2007 ICC World Twenty20 1 Jayawardene (c) • 2 Dilshan • 3 D Fernando • 4 H Fernando • 5 Jayasuriya • 6 Lokuarachchi • 7 Maharoof • 8 Malinga • 9 Mubarak • 10 Perera • 11 Sangakkara • 12 Silva • 13 Tharanga • 14 Vaas • 15 Wijekoon
Muttiah Muralitharan was named in the original squad but injuries led to him being withdrawn. Dilruwan Perera was sent as his replacement.Sri Lanka squad – 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Runners-Up 1 Sangakkara (c) • 2 de Saram • 3 Dilshan • 4 Jayasuriya • 5 Jayawardene • 6 Kulasekara • 7 Maharoof • 8 Malinga • 9 Mathews • 10 Mendis • 11 Mubarak • 12 Muralitharan • 13 Silva • 14 Thushara • 15 Udana • Coach: BaylissSri Lanka squad – 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Semi-Finalists 1 Sangakkara (c) • 2 Chandimal • 3 Dilshan • 4 Jayasinghe • 5 Jayasuriya • 6 Jayawardene • 7 Kapugedera • 8 Kulasekara • 9 Malinga • 10 Mathews • 11 Mendis • 12 Muralitharan • 13 Perera • 14 Randiv • 15 Welegedara • Coach: BaylissSri Lanka squad – 2011 Cricket World Cup Runners-Up 1 Sangakkara (c & wk) • 2 Jayawardene • 3 Dilshan • 4 Tharanga • 5 Samaraweera • 6 Silva • 7 Kapugedera • 8 Randiv • 9 Perera • 10 Kulasekara • 11 Fernando • 12 Malinga • 13 Mendis • 14 Muralitharan • 15 Herath • Coach: Bayliss
Suraj Randiv replaced Angelo Mathews due to injuryRoyal Challengers Bangalore – current squad 26 Nannes · 15 Tiwary · 18 Kohli · 34 Zaheer · 11 Vettori · Langeveldt · 17 de Villiers · van der Wath · Rossouw · 333 Gayle · 12 Pomersbach · 23 Dilshan · Pujara · Vandiar · Coach: Jennings
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