තිලකරත්න ඩිල්ශාන්

තිලකරත්න ඩිල්ශාන්

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Personal information
Full name	Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan
Born	14 ඔක්තෝම්බර් 1976 (1976-10-14) Kalutara, Sri Lanka
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm off spin
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	ශ්‍රී ලංකා
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	61	183	195	263
Runs scored	3,784	4,621	11,357	7,302
Batting average	44.00	35.27	38.76	37.83
100s/50s	11/14	8/20	30/46	12/35
Top score	168	160	200*	188
Balls bowled	992	2,881	3,538	3,882
Wickets	13	54	56	80
Bowling average	39.00	43.41	30.80	37.71
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	70/–	78/1	331/27	152/8
Source: CricketArchive, 10 June 2010

තිලකරත්න මුදියන්සේලාගේ ඩිල්ෂාන් (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.

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	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	1999
[2]	100	11	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Kandy, Sri Lanka	Asgiriya Stadium	2003
[3]	104	13	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	2004
[4]	168	27	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Colombo, Sri Lanka	P. Saravanamuttu Stadium	2005
[5]	125	46	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2008
[6]	162	50	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Chittagong, Bangladesh	Chittagong Divisional Stadium	2009
[7]	143
[8]	145	52	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Lahore, Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	2009
[9]	123*	56	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	2009
[10]	112	58	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Ahmedabad, India	Sardar Patel Stadium	2009
[11]	109	60	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Mumbai, India	Brabourne Stadium	2009

One Day International centuries

ODI centuries of Tillakaratne Dilshan
	Runs	Match	Against	City/country	Venue	Year
[1]	117*	94	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Amstelveen, Netherlands	VRA Ground	2006
[2]	137*	155	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Lahore, Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	2009
[3]	106	164	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Centurion, South Africa	SuperSport Park	2009
[4]	160	167	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Rajkot, India	Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground	2009
[5]	123	168	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Nagpur, India	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground	2009
[6]	104	172	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Shere Bangla National Stadium	2010
[7]	108*	179	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2010
[8]	110	188	සැකිල්ල:Cr	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	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Kandy, Sri Lanka	Asgiriya Stadium	2003
[2]	83	12	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2003
[3]	73	23	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Wellington, New Zealand	Basin Reserve	2005
[4]	86	26	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Colombo, Sri Lanka	R.Premadasa Stadium	2005
[5]	65	30	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Ahmedabad,India	Sardar Patel Stadium	2005
[6]	65	30	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Ahmedabad,India	Sardar Patel Stadium	2005
[7]	69	33	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2006
[8]	69	35	සැකිල්ල:Cr	London, England	Lord's	2007
[9]	59	36	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Birmingham, England	Edgbaston	2007
[10]	79	40	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2007
[11]	84	43	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	2007
[12]	62	45	සැකිල්ල:Noflag	Port of Spain, West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	2008
[13]	92	56	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	2009
[14]	68*	61	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	2010
[15]	54	62	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	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	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	1999
[2]	50	16	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Colombo, Sri Lanka	R.Premadasa Stadium	2002
[3]	52	64	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Pune, India	Nehru Stadium	2005
[4]	81*	65	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Ahmedabad, India	Sardar Patel Stadium	2005
[5]	59	66	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Rajkot, India	Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground	2005
[6]	82*	75	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Adelaide, Australia	Adelaide Oval	2006
[7]	66	95	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Amstelveen, Netherlands	VRA Ground	2006
[8]	56	107	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Rajkot, India	Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground	2007
[9]	58	113	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Providence, West Indies	Providence Stadium	2007
[10]	70	129	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Dambulla, Sri Lanka	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	2007
[11]	62*	134	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Canberra, Australia	Manuka Oval	2008
[12]	62	139	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Melbourne, Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2008
[13]	64	142	සැකිල්ල:Noflag	Gros Islet, West Indies	Beausejour Stadium	2008
[14]	56	148	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Karachi, Pakistan	National Stadium	2008
[15]	76	154	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Karachi, Pakistan	National Stadium	2009
[16]	97	160	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Colombo, Sri Lanka	R.Premadasa Stadium	2009
[17]	61	175	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club	2010
[18]	60*	176	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club	2010
[19]	78	178	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2010
[20]	71	180	සැකිල්ල:Cr	Dambulla, Sri Lanka	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	2010

External links

• Player Profile: තිලකරත්න ඩිල්ශාන් from Cricinfo
• සැකිල්ල:Cricketarchive