Tillakaratne Dilshan (Former Sri Lanka cricketer) Wife, Weight, Height, Age, Records and More

Tillakaratne Dilshan
(Former Sri Lanka Cricketer)

Tillakaratne Dilshan is one of the long-serving Sri Lankan cricketers, with over 16,000 career runs. An explosive top-order batsman, Dilshan dominated bowling attacks with his great range of strokes, including ramp shot which he frequently used (now named after him “Dilscoop”).

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• Dilshan is the first cricketer in the history to score centuries in all formats as a captain.
• Dilshan is the fourth Sri Lankan and eleventh overall to score 10,000 ODI runs.
• Dilshan holds the record of highest partnership for the fifth wicket (280) with Thilan Samaraweera, set against Bangladesh in 2005.
• Dilshan is the only Sri Lankan to scored hundreds in both innings of his 50th Test.
• Dilshan is the first player to score a T20I century as captain.

• ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year 2009
• Dialog SLC People’s Player of the Year 2015
• Dialog SLC T20 Batsman of the Year 2015

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• Dilshan has appeared in several Sri Lankan TV shows.
• Dilshan has his fashion line, named ‘Dil Scoop’
• Dilshan owns a small-scale luxury hotel, named as Hotel ‘D Pavilion Inn’, situated at Kirulapana.
• Dilshan and fellow Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan have been the brand ambassadors for the Presidential Task Force to combat kidney disease.