Tillakaratne Dilshan

In this Sinhala name, the surname is Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage.

Tillakaratne Dilshan
Personal information
Full name
Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan
Born (1976-10-14) 14 October 1976 (age 48)
Kalutara, Sri Lanka
NicknameTM, Dilee, Mr. Pallekele
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off spin
RoleAll-rounder and Wicket-Keeper Batsman
RelationsTillakaratne Sampath (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 79)18 November 1999 v Zimbabwe
Last Test16 March 2013 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 102)11 December 1999 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI28 August 2016 v Australia
ODI shirt no.23
T20I debut (cap 2)15 June 2006 v England
Last T20I9 September 2016 v Australia
T20I shirt no.23
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996–1998Kalutara Town Club
1997–1998Singha Sports Club
1998–2000Sebastianites C&AC
2000Bloomfield C&AC
2007–2016Basnahira South
2008–2010Delhi Daredevils
2010Northern Districts
2011–2013Royal Challengers Bangalore
2012Basnahira Cricket Dundee
2013Dhaka Gladiators
2013–2014Tamil Union C&AC
2014Sydney Thunder
2014Surrey
2015Derbyshire
2015Guyana Amazon Warriors
2015Chittagong Vikings
2017Peshawar Zalmi
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 87 330 80 233
Runs scored 5,492 10,290 1,889 13,979
Batting average 40.98 39.27 28.19 38.8
100s/50s 16/23 22/47 1/13 38/59
Top score 193 161* 104* 200*
Balls bowled 3,385 5,880 258 6,501
Wickets 39 106 9 90
Bowling average 43.87 45.07 29.66 36.16
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/10 4/4 3/16 5/49
Catches/stumpings 88/– 123/1 31/2 356/23
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Sri Lanka
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 2007 West-Indies
Runner-up 2011 India–Bangladesh–Sri Lanka
ICC T20 World Cup
Winner 2014 Bangladesh
Runner-up 2009 England
Runner-up 2012 Sri Lanka
Source: ESPNricinfo, 9 September 2016

Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan (Sinhala: තිලකරත්න මුදියන්සේලාගේ ඩිල්ෂාන්; born 14 October 1976),[1] commonly known as TM Dilshan (Sinhala pronunciation: [tilakaratna dilṣān]) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is often regarded as the best rated Sri Lankan player in run-chases in ODI history and one of the most innovative players of all time. He was the top run scorer in the 2011 Cricket World Cup with 500 runs, and scored a century against England in the quarter-final.[2] Dilshan is considered to be a rare example of a cricketer with notable skills in all aspects of the game, who can bat, bowl, field and keep wicket. He is an aggressive right-hand batsman who invented the scoop, which has come to be known as the Dilscoop, a shot that hits the ball over the keeper. Apart from being an opening batsman, he is also a capable off-break bowler. Energetic in the field, he usually fielded at the point region.[3] He was part of the Sri Lankan team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.

Dilshan made his Test and ODI debut during the Sri Lankan cricket team's tour to Zimbabwe in 1999.[4] He is also the second cap for Sri Lanka in Twenty20 Internationals. He is the first cricketer in the history of the game to score hundreds in all formats as a captain.[5]

Dilshan won the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year award at the 2009 ICC Awards for his 96 off 57 ball shots against West Indies in the semi-final of the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England.[6] He also won the man of the series trophy for his individual batting performances in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 tournament. He was also a key member of the team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 and was part of the team that made the finals of 2007 Cricket World Cup, 2011 Cricket World Cup, 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and 2012 ICC World Twenty20.[7]

He is the fourth Sri Lankan, and eleventh player overall to score 10,000 ODI runs.[8] Being the third overall and first Sri Lankan to score 1,500 runs in Twenty20 Internationals,[9] he is also the first player to hit 200 fours in T20Is.[10] Dilshan scored 1000 or more ODI runs in a calendar year four times and never failed to amass fewer than 800 runs in any calendar year between 2009 and 2015.[11] His innings of 104 not out is currently the highest individual T20 score made by a Sri Lankan in the format.

Dilshan was under-estimated[12] in the cricket world as an ordinary player when he batted at number 6 and 7, unlike his revered teammates Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara. When he gained the opening batting position, Dilshan became one of the finest cricketers in the world and a legend in modern cricketing history. His quick progression can be seen in his stats: after he moved to the opening position, he scored 21 ODI centuries[13] and all his Test and T20I centuries.[14]

In August 2016, Dilshan announced that he would retire from both ODI and T20I cricket at the end of the series against Australia.[15] He retired from ODI cricket on 28 August 2016 and from T20I cricket on 9 September 2016.

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  3. ^ "Top 10 Best Cricket Fielders Ever". listdose.co. 24 September 2014. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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  5. ^ "Dilshan's age-defying numbers". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan leads England's final ODI humiliation". The Guardian. 16 December 2014. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Dilshan leaving IPL on May 11 to join team in England". Hindustan Times. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Sri Lankan Legend Tillakaratne Dilshan Completes 10,000 ODI Runs". NDTV Sports. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Dilshan becomes Sri Lanka´s leading T20 scorer in comfortable win". Sports Opera. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Asia Cup, 2016 – 10th Match : Pakistan v Sri Lanka". ESPNcrincinfo. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Tillakaratne Dilshan". tillakaratne. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  12. ^ "The forgotten great". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Batting records: One-Day Internationals: Openers". ESPNcricinfo Statsguru. ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  14. ^ "The forgotten great". ESPNcricinfo. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  15. ^ "Dilshan to retire from ODIs and T20Is against Australia". ESPNcricinfo. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.