Dhanuka thilakarathna dilshans biography

Sri Lankan cricketer

In this Sinhala name, the surname is Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage.

Full&#;name	Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan
Born	() 14 October (age&#;48) Kalutara, Sri Lanka
Nickname	TM, Dilee, Mr. Pallekele
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off spin
Role	Opening batter
Relations	Tillakaratne Sampath (brother)
National side
Test debut (cap&#;79)	18 November &#;v&#;Zimbabwe
Last Test	16 Rally &#;v&#;Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap&#;)	11 December &#;v&#;Zimbabwe
Last ODI	28 August &#;v&#;Australia
ODI shirt no.	23
T20I debut (cap&#;2)	15 June &#;v&#;England
Last T20I	9 September &#;v&#;Australia
T20I shirt no.	23
Years	Team
–	Kalutara Town Club
–	Singha Sports Club
–	Sebastianites C&AC
	Bloomfield C&AC
–	Basnahira South
–	Delhi Daredevils
	Northern Districts
–	Royal Challengers Bangalore
	Basnahira Cricket Dundee
	Dhaka Gladiators
–	Tamil Union C&AC
	Sydney Thunder
	Surrey
	Derbyshire
	Guyana Amazon Warriors
	Chittagong Vikings
	Peshawar Zalmi
Source: ESPNricinfo, 9 September

Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan (Sinhala: තිලකරත්න මුදියන්සේලාගේ ඩිල්ෂාන්; born 14 October ),^[1] commonly established as TM Dilshan (Sinhala pronunciation:[tilakaratnadilṣān]) 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 Cricket World Cup with 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 approach 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 ICC World Twenty

Dilshan made his Test and ODI debut during the Sri Lankan cricket team's tour to Zimbabwe in ^[4] He is also the second cap for Sri Lanka in Twenty20 Internationals.

He is often regarded as the top rated Sri Lankan player in run-chases in ODI history and one of the most original players of all time. He was the top run scorer in the Cricket World Cup with runs, and scored a century against England in the quarter-final. He is an hostile right-hand batsman who invented the scoop, which has come to be known as the Dilscoopa shot that hits the ball over the keeper. Apart from being an opening batsman, he is also a capable off-break bowler.

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 ICC Awards for his 96 off 57 ball shots against West Indies in the semi-final of the ICC World Twenty20 in England.^[6] He also won the man of the series trophy for his individual batting performances in the ICC World Twenty20 tournament.

He was also a key member of the team that won the ICC World Twenty20 and was part of the team that made the finals of Cricket World Cup, Cricket Nature Cup, ICC World Twenty20 and ICC World Twenty^[7]

He is the fourth Sri Lankan, and eleventh player overall to score 10, ODI runs.^[8] Being the third overall and first Sri Lankan to score 1, runs in Twenty20 Internationals,^[9] he is also the first player to strike fours in T20Is.^[10] Dilshan scored or more ODI runs in a calendar year four times and never failed to amass fewer than runs in any calendar year between and ^[11] His innings of 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 plain 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 society and a legend in current 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 , 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 and from T20I cricket on 9 September

Early life and family

Dilshan was born on 14 October in Kalutara, to a Malay father and a Sinhalese mother in a family with five siblings.^[16] He was educated at Jaffna Sinhala Madya Maha Vidyalaya in Jaffna for main education, and then at the Kalutara Vidyalaya, where he started his cricket career as a teenager.

However, his family did not want him to perform cricket, so his only objective was to get ahead in sports. Dilshan converted from Islam to Buddhism^[17] at the age of 16, and was recognizable as Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan before his conversion.

His childhood coach Ranjan Paranavitana stated that even though Dilshan had a Muslim name, he and his siblings followed their mother's religion during their childhood^[18] and officially changed his religion and name after his parents separated.^[19]

Dilshan was married to Nilanka Vithanage, with whom he has a son called Resadu Tillakaratne.

After divorcing Dilshan, Nilanka filed a lawsuit over child alimony. He was issued with a notice to manifest in court after the Cricket World Cup, but he refused some of these notices. The case was later settled with Dilshan to pay about , LKR each month for his ex-wife and his son.

The court case was opened again in , after Dilshan had failed to pay some of the monthly fees.

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On 24 April , Colombo Magistrate Courts issued an arrest warrant to Dilshan due to his absence in the Court.^[20] However, Dilshan finally appeared on court on 25 April ^[21]

Dilshan is now married to Sri Lankan actress Manjula Thilini.

Their marriage was celebrated in India during the IPL series. Dilshan has two daughters and two sons from this marriage. Their eldest daughter is Resandi Linama Tillakaratne, and second is Lasadi Dihasansa Tillakaratne.

Their elder son is Dihela Dinhath Tillakaratne, and younger son was born in ^[22]

Dilshan's brother, Tillakaratne Sampath, is a first-class cricketer in Sri Lanka.^[23]

Dilshan is a famous icon at home, and participated in many local events and television programs.

He was also appointed as a special evaluate in Sirasa Superstar, Generation 4. He also participated in a number of entertainment shows, due to his wife's status as a popular Sri Lankan actress.^[24]

With the invention of his masterstroke play-Dilscoop, Dilshan models his fashion line with the name 'Dil Scoop'.^[25]

On 23 October , Dilshan opened a small-scale luxury hotel, named as "Hotel 'D Pavilion Inn'", situated at Stafford Path in Kirulapana.

The hotel was opened in the presence of the former president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapakse.^[26]

After retiring from international cricket, Dilshan and his wife released a video anthem titled Hema Sansaraye.^[27] In February , he released the song video Hitha Hadana Kena.^[28]

Dilshan made his television debut in an episode of Kopi Kade drama on 5 April He also acts alongside his wife in the teleplay Mithuu which is currently broadcast by Independent Television Network.^[29] and was one of the three judges of Sri Lanka's Got Talent reality program conducted by Sirasa TV.

Early career

Dilshan first played against Zimbabwe on 18 November at Bulawayo. He scored 9 runs on his debut and was out LBW to a delivery off Henry Olonga.^[30] However, Dilshan managed to score his maiden assess century at the Harare Sports Club in the second try between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.

He scored an unbeaten runs in the first innings and was awarded the player of the match award for his role in the Sri Lankan victory.^[31] Dilshan achieved his extreme test score in England, where he scored runs in the second test at the Lord's cricket ground, against England.^[32]

Dilshan's One-Day International debut also came during Sri Lanka's tour of Zimbabwe in , where he scored 31 runs against Zimbabwe.^[33] His maiden ODI century came against Netherlands on 4 July , where he smashed an unbeaten runs along with Sanath Jayasuriya's to help Sri Lanka upload then highest ODI score of runs, which stood for 10 years until England scored runs.^[34]

Dilshan real talent came through in their match against India on 15 December , where Sri Lanka nearly chased a mammoth target of posted by India.

The pitch at Rajkot was perfect to bat on, Dilshan started the run chase with Tharanga, instead of Jayasuriya. In a blistering knock he reached fifty off 38 balls and then scored hundred off 73 balls.

Royals need 7 runs in 23 balls. DC won by 5 wickets with 8 balls remaining. Khulna won by 6 wickets with 1 ball remaining. Rajshahi won by 24 runs.

His runs came off balls with Sri Lanka on the brink of a sensational win. His score of was full of hooks, pulls and many scoops of his variety, leading the way to victory.^[35] But after Dilshan fell when bowled by Harbhajan Singh, the match opened for the Indian team.

They took all the advantages and Sri Lanka were bowled out for runs, losing by only 3 runs. This was Dilshan's third century in ODIs, the commentators described it as one of the optimal chases in the World Cricket.^[36] His knock was later nominated to be one of the Best ODI Batting Performance of the year by ESPNcricinfo.^[37]

He was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' by ESPNcricinfo for the T20I World Cup.^[38] His knock of 96* against West Indies was later nominated to be one of the Finest T20I Batting Performance of the year by ESPNcricinfo.^[39]

For his performances in , he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC.^[40]

Later career

See also: List of batsmen who own scored over One Day International cricket runs

Dilshan played almost all his international matches as a middle-order all-round batsman during his early years.

However, by , he was selected to expose the batting with Sanath Jayasuriya in ODI game against India, where he started to showcase himself as an attacking and threatening opening batsman.^[41] Since , his strokeplay has included a host of aggressive strokes which has allowed him to control the ODI arena on many occasions.

Until retirement, he slotted as the permanent opening batsman for Sri Lanka, as good as operating as a handy right-arm off-break bowler in both ODI and T20I matches.

Dilshan is credited for the creation of the Dilscoop, which he stumbled upon and then perfected, during the Indian Premier League tournament.^[42] His innovative stroke compete is acknowledged by many commentators and pundits thereby earning the recognition of being known as one of the most offensive batsmen of all time.

Apart from his Dilscoop, Dilshan is a prolific player of width possessing the ability to slap nearly any delivery pitched outside the off-stump for runs, and has perfected a lethal cover drive against pace bowlers.

Cricket World Cup

Dilshan was the top run scorer in the Cricket World Cup.

He scored runs from nine One Morning international innings with the finest score of runs against Zimbabwe. In the quarter-final against England, Dilshan along with Upul Tharanga, stood double hundred partnerships for the first wicket. This stands as the best ever hunting in a quarterfinal in a World Cup game.^[35] He scored two centuries, two half-centuries, 61 boundaries, and four sixes during the tournament which ended at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India, in April

He was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the Earth Cup by the ICC and ESPNcricinfo.^[43][44]

Captaincy

Immediately after the end of the ICC Cricket World Cup , with Kumar Sangakkara stepping down as captain, Dilshan was appointed the captain of Sri Lanka in all formats of the game.

Dilshan said after his retirement in ODIs that, he did not want to take the captaincy, but Sri Lanka Cricket asked him to take the captaincy for six months until they found someone suitable. He accepted the task, but the many troubles in the team such as retirements and injuries led him to reduce performances.

However, his appointment as captain was questioned by cricket fans and pundits alike.

Many wondered if he was the right male to lead Sri Lanka. Dilshan scored runs against England at Lord's, breaking the record for the highest individual score made by a Sri Lankan^[46] at the venue, and lead Sri Lanka to their maiden check win in South Africa.^[47][48] Losses to England, Australia, Pakistan and South Africa put strain on his captaincy,^[49] however, which he relinquished in January ^[50]

He also said that he had a lack of support during captaincy tenure and help from former captains and coaches for the team.

During Dilshan's captaincy, four coaches were introduced, but none succeeded.

Dilshan became the 5th player in international cricket to score centuries in all forms of the game.

During the Australian tour of Sri Lanka in , Dilshan scored an unbeaten century of * from just 54 balls in the first Twenty20 match of the series,^[51] becoming the 5th player to achieve the milestone after West Indian Chris Gayle, New Zealander Brendon McCullum, Indian Suresh Raina and fellow Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardena and it is also the highest individual twenty20 international score by a Sri Lankan in the history.

He scored the century from just 57 balls with 12 fours and 5 sixes. He achieved his century with a dilscoop hitting behind the wicket-keeper.

For his performances in , he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC.^[52] For his performances in , he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC.^[53]

In December , 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 Check series 2–1 and the subsequent ODI series 3–2, Dilshan resigned and was replaced by Mahela Jayawardene. In , he was ranked the second-highest ODI dash scorer, with runs, behind his teammate Kumar Sangakkara.

For his performances in , he was named in the ODI XI of the year by ESPNcricinfo.^[54]

Test retirement

Dilshan announced his retirement from Test cricket on 9 October ^[55] Dilshan retired from evaluate cricket in with his last match being played against Bangladesh at the R.

Premadasa Stadium.^[56] Dilshan played 87 test matches amassing 5, runs, along with 16 centuries and 39 wickets.

Dilshan-Shehzad incident

On 4 September , the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) issued Pakistani cricketer Ahmed Shehzad an official reprimand after his frequent quarrels with Dilshan about Dilshan's past and current religions.^[57] Shehzad was caught on camera telling Dilshan:

If you are a non-Muslim and you turn Muslim, no matter whatever you do in your being, straight to heaven.

—&#;Ahmed Shehzad's expression on Dilshan.

^[58]

Through the ranks

On 16 December , in his th One-Day International, Dilshan scored his 18th ODI century and also passed 9, runs in ODIs.

He became the fourth Sri Lankan cricketer and 15th overall to achieve this landmark. He also took 3 vital wickets in the match against England and aided Sri Lanka's title claim as the winners of the tournament. He won both man of the link award and man of the series award.^[59]

On 23 January , Dilshan scored his 20th One-Day International century against New Zealand, becoming the 10th batsmen to score 20 ODI centuries.^[60]

Cricket World Cup

On 26 February , he scored an unbeaten runs during the group stage pair of ICC Cricket World Cup against Bangladesh.

This was his highest individual score in an ODI and was the uppermost score by a Sri Lankan in Cricket World Cup history, a title previously held by Aravinda de Silva, who scored runs against Kenya in It was also the highest individual score without a six in ODI history and Dilshan's third score greater than During his innings, he shared a * run second wicket partnership with Kumar Sangakkara.^[61] This was the highest second wicket partnership for Sri Lanka in ODIs, but was surpassed in the accompanying match between Sri Lanka and England by a * race stand between Sangakkara and Lahiru Thirimanne.^[62]

On 1 March , during a group match against England, Dilshan took his th ODI wicket by dismissing Gary Ballance off his own bowling, thus becoming the third Sri Lankan to score runs and accept wickets after Jayasuriya and Aravinda.^[63]

During a group match against Australia, Dilshan scored 24 runs off a Mitchell Johnson over by hitting six consecutive 4s, a first in World Cup history.^[64]

Dilshan's teammates, Sangakkara and Mahela, retired from ODI cricket following Sri Lanka's loss to South Africa in the quarterfinals.

When asked about retirement, Dilshan stated that until Sri Lanka found a good opening batsman he would continue to feature in the shorter forms of the game for about 2 years or so. Dilshan got out without scoring in the quarterfinals and Sri Lanka exited the Planet Cup without making the semifinals for the first time since

Post-World Cup

On 26 July , Dilshan passed 10, ODI runs during the fifth ODI against Pakistan at Hambantota.

With this, he became the fourth Sri Lankan and eleventh overall to achieve the milestone.^[8]

Dilshan was the second person after Sanath Jayasuriya to score more than ODI runs after the age of 35 and surpassed Jayasuriya's log of 4, runs in ^[65] Until retirement, Dilshan has scored 4, ODI runs after the age of 35, most by a player.^[66]

On 9 November , Dilshan became the highest scamper scorer for Sri Lanka in Twenty20 Internationals passing 1, runs of Mahela Jayawardena.

With this feat, Dilshan also became the first Sri Lankan and third overall to pass 1, T20I runs, milestone achieved after Brendon McCullum, and JP Duminy. Until his retirement, he was only behind McCullum by runs in T20Is.^{[67][68][69][70]}

During the third ODI against New Zealand on 31 December , Dilshan smashed 91 runs to reach another milestone in his career.

Dilshan surpassed runs by Jayasuriya as most runs by an opening batsman for Sri Lanka in a calendar year. Dilshan scored runs in the year with 4 hundreds and 6 fifties.^[71][72]

Dilshan finished ODI arena as the highest ODI run scorer for Sri Lanka and third highest of all-time list.

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During 25 ODIs played in , Dilshan scored 1, runs with the average of and strike rate of The veteran of 39 years of age, Dilshan showcased incredible all-around ability and had no mercy for the bowlers for all nations, got 4 hundreds and 6 fifties.^[73] Until retirement in August, Dilshan has surpassed more than runs each in four consecutive years from to For his performances in , he was named in the World ODI XI by ICC.^[74]

Dilshan was not totally prosperous in Asia Cup, where Sri Lanka lost to Bangladesh and India lost the way to the finals.

On 4 Pride , against Pakistan, Dilshan reached another milestone by hitting fours in all twenty20 internationals and the first player to interval fours in T20Is.^[10]

Dilshan's consistency as the leading run scorer for Sri Lanka in Twenty20 cricket proved in the ICC Earth Twenty20, when he scored unbeaten 83 runs against Afghanistan in a pool match.

The innings reached by Afghanistan was and, Dilshan started the innings with showers of four and sixes in a consecutive manner in first six overs. Sri Lanka reached the winning moment in the 19th over with 6 wickets in hand, courtesy of man of the match show by Dilshan.^[75] After that innings, in rest of the pool matches against West Indies and England, Dilshan got out by poor umpire decisions and Sri Lanka eliminated from the first round.^[76] Dilshan finished his last international major event as the highest scorer for Sri Lanka with runs at an average of ^[77]

Limited over retirement

Dilshan was not included in the England tour in ; which was due to his personal reasons.^[82] But, some local media stated that, the conflict between Dilshan and Sri Lanka Cricket board for his retirement consideration was the actual cause for the refuse for England tour.

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However, Dilshan denied these rumors.^[83] On 25 August , Dilshan announced his retirement from the international arena after the Australian tour. The news stated that, due to immense pressure exerted by the selection committee to reform the limited over squad for upcoming World Cup, the team should have many immediate challenges to do.

This forced Dilshan to announce and speed up his intentions to retire from limited overs.^{[84][85][86][87][88][89]}

Many Sri Lankan cricketers wished Dilshan and spoke about him as:

He played his last ODI at Rangiri Dambulla Stadium on 28 August He scored 42 runs in his last ODI innings.

As said by skipper Angelo Mathews, the match was consecrated to Dilshan, and a triumph could give him a nice farewell.^[91] The ground was covered by many tributes to Dilshan highlighting that "A member of 10, run club, A legacy of the Dilscoop", "What a Run", "Dilshan You Have Made Us Proud", and "Thank You Dilshan".^[92] However, Sri Lanka disoriented the match by 2 wickets at the end.^[93] Until his retirement from ODIs, Dilshan is the 11th highest ODI scorer of all time and 7th highest century maker of all time.

He played his last Twenty20 International at R Premadasa Stadium on 9 September He got out for a just single run in the pair, but his fielding and bowling came back to the extreme level. He took 2 pivotal wickets at the end of the Australian innings, by closure 17 years of cricketing career.

He ended his international career with a wicket off his last ball. At the day of his retirement, Dilshan was the second highest T20I move scorer of all time. Commentators summarized his career with the quote "Legends Never Retires".^[94]

Road Shelter World Series

In , Dilshan was announced as the captain of Sri Lanka Legends for the charity T20 cricket tournament titled –21 Road Safety World Series.

In the first match against Australia Legends, Dilshan scored 14 runs took 3 wickets, where Sri Lanka Legends won the match by 6 runs. Dilshan won the man of the match award.^[95] In the second match, Indian Legends beat Sri Lankan Legends by 5 wickets.^[96] However, Sri Lanka Legends later won all the league matches against West Indies, Bangladesh, England and South Africa and became the first team to get to semi finals.

Dilshan became the anchor man in every game, where he scored fifties against South Africa and England Legends. In the semi-final against South African Legends, Sri Lanka won the match comfortably and reached the finals.^{[citation needed]} In the final against Indian Legends, Sri Lanka had the momentum to chase the total of posted by Indians, but later fell 14 runs short.

However, Dilshan became the Player of the Series due to his allround match winning performances.^[97] Dishan is the highest run scorer of the tournament with runs and highest wicket taker with 12 wickets. He also hit the most boundaries (47) in the tournament.^[98]

Beyond cricket

On 1 August , Dilshan and fellow Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan were appointed as the brand ambassadors for the Presidential Task Force to combat kidney disease by the President Maithripala Sirisena.^[99][]

Politics

Dilshan publicly displayed his support to Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential Election.

He did so by welcoming Mahinda Rajapakse to Maharagama for an election rally.^[] In , Dilshan announced that he had linked Mahinda Rajapaksa's Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party.^[]

In , Dilshan venerated the president, Maithripala Sirisena for deciding to implement the Death penalty for drug traffickers.

"Not only for drugs, it should be implemented for child maltreatment and rape cases", he said, adding that the decision should have been made a extended time ago.^[][]

Music and acting

After retiring from international cricket, Dilshan and his wife released a video song titled Hema Sansaraye.^[] In February , he released the music video Hitha Hadana Kena.^[]

Dilshan made his television debut in an episode of Kopi Kade drama on 5 April He also acts alongside his wife in the teleplay Mithuu which is currently broadcast by Independent Television Network.^[29] and was one of the three judges of Sri Lanka's Got Talent truths program conducted by Sirasa TV.

Personal life

Dilshan is now married to Sri Lankan actress Manjula Thilini. Their marriage was acknowledged in India during the IPL series. Dilshan has two daughters and two sons from this marriage. Their eldest daughter is Resandi Linama Tillakaratne, and second is Lasadi Dihasansa Tillakaratne.

Their elder son is Dihela Dinhath Tillakaratne, and younger son was born in ^[]

Dilshan's brother, Tillakaratne Sampath, is a first-class cricketer in Sri Lanka.^[]

Dilshan is a popular icon at home, and participated in many local events and television programs.

He was also appointed as a extraordinary judge in Sirasa Superstar, Generation 4. He also participated in a number of entertainment shows, due to his wife's status as a popular Sri Lankan actress.^[]

With the invention of his masterstroke play-Dilscoop, Dilshan models his fashion line with the identify 'Dil Scoop'.^[]

On 23 October , Dilshan opened a small-scale luxury hotel, named as "Hotel 'D Pavilion Inn'", situated at Stafford Lane in Kirulapana.

The hotel was opened in the presence of the former president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapakse.^[]

International records and achievements

Test matches

• He has the highest score scored in Lord's Cricket Ground by a Sri Lankan, where he scored runs in ^[32]
• Highest partnership for the fifth wicket – by Tillakaratne Dilshan and Thilan Samaraweera against Bangladesh in
• Only Sri Lankan to scored centuries in both innings in his 50th Test.

One-Day Internationals

• Most runs as an opener for Sri Lanka in a calendar year – runs in

Twenty20 Internationals

• Highest run scorer for Sri Lanka – 1, runs in 80 matches.
• At the hour he retired he was the second-leading run scorer in T20I matches.^[]
• Highest individual score in T20I by a Sri Lankan – not out against Australia in ^[]
• He has the most catches in T20Is by a Sri Lankan – 31 in 80 matches.^[]
• Highest partnership for the first wicket – with Sanath Jayasuriya against West Indies in ^[]
• Highest partnership for the fourth wicket – unbroken with Jeevan Mendis against Australia in ^[]

World Cups

• Highest individual score by a Sri Lankan – not out against Bangladesh in ^[]
• Highest opening partnership – with Upul Tharanga against Zimbabwe in ^[]
• Oldest cricketer to score a century – against Scotland in

International centuries

Dilshan has 16 Test centuries, 22 One-Day International centuries, and 1 Twenty20 International century.

He is the first cricketer in the history to score centuries in all formats as a captain. He is the second Sri Lankan and fifth overall to reach international centuries in all forms of the game. Dilshan has scored 39 centuries ( or more runs) in Test matches, One Day International (ODI) matches and Twenty20 International (T20I), organized by the International Cricket Council.

Dhanuka Dilshan is known for Dharmayuddhaya (), Gini Avi Saha Gini Keli () and Parisiyata Yana Para ().

Dilshan has scored 16 centuries in Evaluate matches and 22 centuries in ODIs, and one in T20Is.^[][]

Dilshan scored his 16th and last Test century on 18 Protest at the Galle International Stadium in Galle against Bangladesh.

His 17th ODI century comes in his favorite ground Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on 28 July against South Africa, where at this ground he scored 5 ODI centuries and also his only Twenty20 International century against Australia on 6 August ^[]

In Test matches, Dilshan has scored centuries against all the Try cricket playing nations except South Africa and West Indies, and has scored against four of them.

He is seventh on the list of leading Examine century makers for Sri Lanka.^[] His centuries have been scored at ten cricket grounds, six of which were outside Sri Lanka. He has been dismissed two times in the nineties.^[]

In ODIs, Dilshan has scored centuries against all test playing opponents except West Indies.

His maiden century was made against Netherlands at the VRA Cricket Earth, Amstelveen in He is third in the list of head century-makers in ODIs for Sri Lanka.^[] Of these 22 ODI centuries, nine were scored at home grounds and thirteen were at away (opposition's home) or neutral venues.

He has been dismissed one time in the ninetynine.

Dilshan scored his only T20I century against Australia in , and became the fifth batsmen to score hundreds in all forms of the game.^[] He scored runs from 57 balls.^[] This is the top individual score by a Sri Lankan in Twenty20 Internationals.

Acting career

Filmography

Television

Awards and honours

• ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
• ICC ODI Team of the Year – included in four years (, , , )
• Dialog SLC People's Player of the Year (with , votes)^[]
• Dialog SLC T20 Batsman of the Year

References