Tillakaratne Dilshan

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Tillakaratne Dilshan

Personal information
Full name	Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan
Born	14 October 1976 (1976-10-14) (age 34) Kalutara, Sri Lanka
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	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	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

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,^[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. 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.