Thilakaratne Dilshan

                                             THILAKARATNE DILSHAN

Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan (Sinhala: තිලකරත්න මුදියන්සේලාගේ දිල්ෂාන්) born October 14, 1976 in Kalutara, Sri Lanka is a Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team He has been a member of the team since November 1999, and was also known as Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan before his conversion to Buddhism. He is an aggressive right-hand batsman who invented a stroke, which has come to be known as a dilscoop, that pitches the ball over the wicketkeeper's head. He is also capable in spin bowling; 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 individual batting performances in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.

1. Personal life

Dilshan was born to a Malay father and a Sinhalese mother. He was educated at Kalutara Vidyalaya National School in Kalutara. He is now married to Sri Lankan teledrama actress Manjula Thilini. The marriage was celebrated in India during the 2008 IPL series. 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.

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.

His highest score in One Day Internationals came against India at the Bellerive Oval on 28 February 2012. He scored 160* off 165 balls.

During this innings, he also shared a 200 run second run partnership with Kumar Sangakkara. This was the highest second wicket partnership for Sri Lanka in ODIs.Despite his performance Sri Lanka lost the match to India.



 2. Player statistics

Tillakaratne Dilshan  

    

Sri Lanka

Full name: Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan

Born: October 14, 1976, Kalutara

Current age: 36 years 174 days

Major teams: Sri Lanka, Asia XI, Basnahira South, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Delhi Daredevils, Kalutara Town Club, Northern Districts, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club, Singha Sports Club

Also known as: Tuwan Mohamad Dilshan

Playing role: Allrounder

Batting style: Right-hand bat

Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak

Fielding position: Wicketkeeper

Relation: Brother - TN Sampath

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	87	145	11	5492	193	40.98	8379	65.54	16	23	677	24	88	0
ODIs	258	233	36	7254	160*	36.82	8398	86.37	16	29	749	45	98	1
T20Is	48	47	7	1120	104*	28.00	923	121.34	1	6	129	22	23	2
First-class	226	371	22	13701	200*	39.25			38	57			352	23
List A	354	323	49	10642	188	38.83			23	50			176	8
Twenty20	135	131	17	3091	104*	27.11	2572	120.17	1	21	358	70	56	3

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	87	76	3385	1711	39	4/10	4/10	43.87	3.03	86.7	1	0	0
ODIs	258	148	4087	3250	68	4/4	4/4	47.79	4.77	60.1	3	0	0
T20Is	48	15	162	195	5	2/4	2/4	39.00	7.22	32.4	0	0	0
First-class	226		6255	3117	87	5/49		35.82	2.98	71.8		1	0
List A	354		5465	4249	103	4/4	4/4	41.25	4.66	53.0	4	0	0
Twenty20	135	64	817	938	33	3/16	3/16	28.42	6.88	24.7	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Bulawayo, Nov 18-22, 1999
Last Test	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), Mar 16-19, 2013
ODI debut	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Bulawayo, Dec 11, 1999
Last ODI	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Pallekele, Mar 28, 2013
T20I debut	England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, Jun 15, 2006
Last T20I	Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Jan 28, 2013
First-class debut	1993/94
Last First-class	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), Mar 16-19, 2013
List A debut	1996/97
Last List A	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Pallekele, Mar 28, 2013
Twenty20 debut	Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Police Sports Club at Colombo (Colts), Aug 17, 2004
Last Twenty20	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians at Bangalore, Apr 4, 2013