Tillakaratne Dilshan

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Tillakaratne Dilshan
Personal information
Full name	Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan
Born	14 October 1976 (1976-10-14) (age 32)
	Kalutara, Sri Lanka
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm off spin
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
Test debut (cap 80)	18 November 1999: v Zimbabwe
Last Test	8 August 2008: v India
ODI debut (cap 102)	11 December 1999: v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	27 August 2008:v India
ODI shirt no.	18
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2000 – present	Bloomfield C&AC
1998 – 2000	Sebastianites C&AC
Career statistics
	Tests	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	48	152	178	231
Runs scored	2,533	2,994	10,000	5,638
Batting average	38.37	29.06	37.31	34.16
100s/50s	5/12	1/14	23/44	6/29
Top score	168	117*	200*	188
Balls bowled	654	2,538	3,170	3,491
Wickets	7	46	49	70
Bowling average	44.00	43.04	30.69	38.42
5 wickets in innings	0	0	1	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	2/4	4/29	5/49	4/17
Catches/stumpings	52/–	67/1	308/27	138/8
Source: CricketArchive, 11 October 2008

Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan (born 14 October 1976 in Kalutara) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and he plays his club cricket for the Indian Premier League team of Delhi DareDevils. Known as Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan prior to his conversion from Islam to Buddhism,^[1] an aggressive right-hand batsman, he is also a capable spin bowler and his off breaks are mostly used in the one-day arena.

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 4 consecutive Test innings he boasted scores of 63, 100, 83 and 104. The latter came against the world champion Australian side at Galle. In September 2005 Dilshan scored his most recent Test century, an innings of 168 off just 179 balls against Bangladesh.

In first final of the 2005-06 VB Series, Dilshan's fielding made headlines when he effected four run outs.

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 an incredible 12 sixes before being bowled by fellow Sri Lankan international Nuwan Kulasekara. The scorecard for the game can be found here ^[2]

Personal Life

He has a five year old son from his first marriage. He is now married to Sri Lankan actress Manjula Thilini. The marriage was celebrated in India during IPL 2007 series, following Indian rituals.

Cricket : Dilshan-Amazing Catch 2005