Full Name : Tillakaratne Dilshan
Date of Birth : 14th October 1976
Place of Birth : Kalutara, Sri Lanka
Batting Style : Right-Handed
Bowling Style : Right Arm Off Spin
Role : Batsman
Test Debut (cap 80) : 18th November 1999 v Zimbabwe
ODI Debut (cap 102) : 11th December 1999 v Zimbabwe
Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan is a Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. Tillakaratne Dilshan has been a member of the team since November 1999, and was also known as Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan. 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. 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.
Personal Life
Dilshan was born to a Malay father and a Buddhist mother. Tillakaratne Dilshan converted from Islam to Buddhism at the age of 16. Tillakaratne Dilshan was educated at Kalutara Vidyalaya National School in Kalutara. Tillakaratne Dilshan is now married to Sri Lankan teledrama actress Manjula Thilini. The marriage was celebrated in India during the 2008 IPL series, following Hindu rituals. 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.
Career
Debuted against Zimbabwe in 1999. Tillakaratne Dilshan 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.
Tillakaratne Dilshan 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. 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. Tillakaratne Dilshan 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
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. Tillakaratne Dilshan 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.
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 16 August 2010. Tillakaratne Dilshan was later fined his entire match-fee for allegedly instigating Randiv.Tillakaratne Dilshan 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. Tillakaratne Dilshan scored 500 runs from nine One Day international innings with a best score of 144 runs against Zimbabwe. Tillakaratne Dilshan 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.
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.
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.
On 29 December 2011, Sri Lanka registered their first ever Test win in South Africa. This also became their first Test win under Dilshan's captaincy. However, after losing the Test series 2–1 and the subsequent ODI series 3–2, Dilshan resigned and was replaced by Mahela Jayawardene.
Test CenturiesThe 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 Zimbabwe Harare, Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 1999
[2] 100 11 England Kandy, Sri Lanka Asgiriya Stadium 2003
[3] 104 13 Australia Galle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2004
[4] 168 27 Bangladesh Colombo, Sri Lanka P. Saravanamuttu Stadium 2005
[5] 125 46 India Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2008
[6] 162 50 Bangladesh Chittagong, Bangladesh Chittagong Divisional Stadium 2009
[7] 143
[8] 145 52 Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2009 [9] 123* 56 New Zealand Galle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2009
[10] 112 58 India Ahmedabad, India Sardar Patel Stadium 2009
[11] 109 60 India Mumbai, India Brabourne Stadium 2009
[12] 193 68 England London, England Lord's Cricket Ground 2011
One Day International Centuries
# Runs Match Against City/country Venue Year
[1] 117* 94 Netherlands Amstelveen, Netherlands VRA Ground 2006
[2] 137* 155 Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2009
[3] 106 164 South Africa Centurion, South Africa SuperSport Park 2009
[4] 160 167 India Rajkot, India Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground 2009
[5] 123 168 India Nagpur, India Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground 2009
[6] 104 172 Bangladesh Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh Shere Bangla National Stadium 2010
[7] 108* 179 Zimbabwe Harare, Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 2010
[8] 110 188 India Dambulla, Sri Lanka Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium 2010
[9] 144 199 Zimbabwe Kandy, Sri Lanka Pallekele International Cricket Stadium 2011
[10] 108* 201 England Colombo, Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium 2011 T20I Cricket Centuries
# Runs Match Against City/country Venue Year
[1] 104* 33 Australia Pallekele, Sri Lanka Pallekele International Cricket Stadium 2011
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