Tillakaratne Dilshan

Tillakaratne Dilshan

Personal information
Full name	Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm off spin
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
Test debut (cap 80)	18 November 1999 v Zimbabwe
Last Test	2 December 2009 v India
ODI debut (cap 102)	11 December 1999 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	9 June 2010 v Zimbabwe
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–present	Delhi Daredevils
2010	Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 66 194 201 289 Runs scored 3,990 4,956 11,656 8,283 Batting average 42.44 35.14 38.59 38.17 100s/50s 11/16 8/20 30/49 15/40 Top score 168 160 200* 188 Balls bowled 1304 2,977 3,916 4,337 Wickets 19 54 62 89 Bowling average 33.31 43.87 30.38 37.68 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/10 4/29 5/49 4/17 Catches/stumpings 73/– 81/1 337/23 159/8
Source: CricketArchive, 7 February 2011

Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan (born October 14, 1976 in Kalutara, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and member of the Sri Lankan national cricket team since November 1999. Known as Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan prior to his conversion from Islam to Buddhism, an aggressive right-hand batsman, he is also a capable spin bowler and 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 ICC awards 2009 for his 96 off 57 balls against West Indies in the semi-final of the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England.

Personal life

Born to a family of a Malay father and a Buddhist mother, Dilshan converted from Islam to Buddhism at an early age of 16 years. 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 IPL 2008 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

Dilshan made his Test debut 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. 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

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.

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.

Dilshan courted controversy for his apparent role in the 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.

In the fourth season of Indian Premier League, he was contracted by Royal Challengers Bangalore for US$650,000.

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	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

One Day International centuries

ODI centuries of Tillakaratne Dilshan
	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

Half centuries

Test half centuries

• In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
• The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

Test half centuries of Thillakaratne Dilshan
	Runs	Match	Against	City/country	Venue	Year
[1]	63	11	England	Kandy, Sri Lanka	Asgiriya Stadium	2003
[2]	83	12	England	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2003
[3]	73	23	New Zealand	Wellington, New Zealand	Basin Reserve	2005
[4]	86	26	Bangladesh	Colombo, Sri Lanka	R.Premadasa Stadium	2005
[5]	65	30	India	Ahmedabad,India	Sardar Patel Stadium	2005
[6]	65	30	India	Ahmedabad,India	Sardar Patel Stadium	2005
[7]	69	33	Pakistan	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2006
[8]	69	35	England	London, England	Lord's	2007
[9]	59	36	England	Birmingham, England	Edgbaston	2007
[10]	79	40	Bangladesh	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2007
[11]	84	43	England	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	2007
[12]	62	45	West Indies	Port of Spain, West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	2008
[13]	92	56	New Zealand	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	2009
[14]	68*	61	India	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	2010
[15]	54	62	India	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2010
[16]	54	64	West Indies	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	2010

ODI half centuries

• In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
• The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

ODI half centuries of Tillakaratne Dilshan
	Runs	Match	Against	City/country	Venue	Year
[1]	53	5	Zimbabwe	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	1999
[2]	50	16	Bangladesh	Colombo, Sri Lanka	R.Premadasa Stadium	2002
[3]	52	64	India	Pune, India	Nehru Stadium	2005
[4]	81*	65	India	Ahmedabad, India	Sardar Patel Stadium	2005
[5]	59	66	India	Rajkot, India	Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground	2005
[6]	82*	75	South Africa	Adelaide, Australia	Adelaide Oval	2006
[7]	66	95	Netherlands	Amstelveen, Netherlands	VRA Ground	2006
[8]	56	107	India	Rajkot, India	Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground	2007
[9]	58	113	South Africa	Providence, West Indies	Providence Stadium	2007
[10]	70	129	England	Dambulla, Sri Lanka	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	2007
[11]	62*	134	India	Canberra, Australia	Manuka Oval	2008
[12]	62	139	Australia	Melbourne, Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2008
[13]	64	142	West Indies	Gros Islet, West Indies	Beausejour Stadium	2008
[14]	56	148	India	Karachi, Pakistan	National Stadium	2008
[15]	76	154	Pakistan	Karachi, Pakistan	National Stadium	2009
[16]	97	160	India	Colombo, Sri Lanka	R.Premadasa Stadium	2009
[17]	61	175	India	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club	2010
[18]	60*	176	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club	2010
[19]	78	178	Zimbabwe	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2010
[20]	71	180	Bangladesh	Dambulla, Sri Lanka	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	2010

External links

• Tillakaratne Dilshan at ESPNcricinfo
• Tillakaratne Dilshan at CricketArchive (subscription required)