Tillakaratne Dilshan – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Full nameTillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan

Born14 Oct 1976

Age50 Years

NationalitySri Lanka

RoleOpening Batsman/Right handed, Right arm off spin

BattingRight Hand Bat

BowlingRight Arm Off Break

Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	87	5492	40.98	65.54	39	3.03
ODI	330	10290	39.27	86.23	106	4.87
T20I	80	1889	28.19	120.54	9	7.27
T20	221	5193	27.04	122.82	64	7.25
List A	449	14314	39.54	0	152	4.8
First-class	233	13979	38.83	0	90	3
T10	14	321	29.18	179.33	1	10.00

Debuts

TestZimbabwe vs Sri Lanka, Bulawayo18 Nov 1999

ODIZimbabwe vs Sri Lanka, Bulawayo11 Dec 1999

T20IEngland vs Sri Lanka, Southampton 15 Jun 2006

T20Police SC vs Bloomfield, Colombo (Colts)17 Aug 2004

Family

RelationsManjula Thilini (Spouse)

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	87	145	11	5492	193	40.98	8379	65.54	16	23	677	24	88
ODI	330	303	41	10290	161	39.27	11933	86.23	22	47	1111	55	123
T20I	80	79	12	1889	104	28.19	1567	120.54	1	13	223	33	31
T20	221	217	25	5193	104	27.04	4228	122.82	1	34	633	110	79
List A	449	416	54	14314	188	39.54	0	0	30	71	0	0	204
First-class	233	384	24	13979	200	38.83	0	0	38	59	0	0	356
T10	14	12	1	321	78	29.18	179	179.33	0	1	35	16	4

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5W
Test	87	76	564.1	1711	39	4/10	43.87	3.03	0
ODI	330	204	980	4778	106	4/4	45.07	4.87	0
T20I	80	25	43	313	9	2/4	34.77	7.27	0
T20	221	116	260.4	1892	64	3/16	29.56	7.25	0
List A	449	0	1311.5	6303	152	4/4	41.46	4.8	0
First-class	233	0	1083.3	3255	90	–	36.16	3	1
T10	14	2	3	30	1	–	30.00	10.00	0

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Indian Premier League	52	1153	76	26.81	114.50	5	8.10
Bangladesh Premier League	17	414	67	24.35	125.45	4	7.04
Big Bash League	4	62	46	15.50	126.53	0	9.24
Caribbean Premier League	7	106	39	17.67	119.10	5	6.80
ICC Men's T20 World Cup	35	897	96	29.90	124.07	2	6.95
Super Smash Men's	5	125	59	25.00	142.05	1	6.40
Asia Cup	20	368	71	21.65	90.20	5	4.34
ICC Champions Trophy	15	309	106	34.33	91.42	0	5.93
ICC Cricket World Cup	27	1112	161	55.60	92.98	18	6.14
Asia Cup T20I	4	132	75	44.00	121.10	1	3.50

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
West Indies	9	346	96	49.43	143.57	4	0
New Zealand	13	324	76	27.00	107.64	3	0
Pakistan	14	323	75	24.85	115.77	1	0
Australia	10	252	104	28.00	137.70	1	1
India	9	166	61	18.44	114.48	1	0
South Africa	5	119	74	29.75	107.21	1	0
England	6	98	55	19.60	118.07	1	0
Afghanistan	1	83	83	–	148.21	1	0
Zimbabwe	3	74	39	24.67	107.25	0	0
Bangladesh	4	36	21	12.00	105.88	0	0
Ireland	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Australia	4	2	57	28.50	6.33	27.00
Pakistan	3	2	23	11.50	5.75	12.00
Bangladesh	3	1	47	47.00	9.40	30.00
India	4	1	42	42.00	8.40	30.00
England	2	1	23	23.00	7.67	18.00
New Zealand	6	0	81	–	9.53	–
South Africa	2	0	36	–	7.20	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
India	64	2255	160	37.58	89.45	8	4
Pakistan	43	1403	137	37.92	80.72	6	2
New Zealand	35	1308	116	40.88	80.74	6	3
Australia	44	1069	106	24.86	78.95	5	1
South Africa	26	1036	115	43.17	85.90	4	2
England	31	966	108	34.50	82.28	5	2
Bangladesh	21	859	161	53.69	92.97	2	4
Zimbabwe	16	678	144	56.50	91.99	3	2
West Indies	13	287	64	26.09	106.69	2	0
Afghanistan	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
England	24	21	731	34.81	5.22	40.05
South Africa	25	20	794	39.70	6.28	37.90
India	41	15	872	58.13	7.35	47.47
New Zealand	24	14	650	46.43	7.33	38.00
Bangladesh	13	12	240	20.00	8.28	14.50
Australia	29	6	643	107.17	6.13	104.83
Pakistan	26	5	500	100.00	5.92	101.40
Zimbabwe	4	5	66	13.20	4.40	18.00
West Indies	12	3	172	57.33	5.80	59.33

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
Bangladesh	15	1008	168	72.00	79.31	4	4
England	21	889	193	42.33	62.56	6	2
Pakistan	25	873	145	36.38	63.54	3	3
India	20	819	125	48.18	71.97	4	3
Australia	21	618	147	30.90	53.93	1	2
New Zealand	9	406	123	50.75	78.83	2	1
West Indies	12	339	62	33.90	76.70	2	0
South Africa	17	321	78	20.06	52.37	1	0
Zimbabwe	5	219	163	43.80	47.71	0	1

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Australia	14	9	380	42.22	4.04	62.67
Bangladesh	12	8	227	28.38	2.66	64.00
South Africa	9	5	178	35.60	2.74	78.00
India	13	4	223	55.75	3.14	106.50
England	9	4	290	72.50	3.99	109.00
New Zealand	5	3	66	22.00	3.30	40.00
Pakistan	9	3	302	100.67	3.28	184.33
West Indies	5	3	45	15.00	5.63	16.00

Last 10 innings · batting

0vs PP

0vs SS

4vs IC

0vs MS

9vs RRP

26vs TRT

69vs IR

8vs AFGP

32vs ANS

29vs AFGP

T20 vs PP31 Jul 2026 · c H Ali b M Irfan 0(1) T20 vs SS5 Jun 2026 · c SN Bhondekar b A Rajpoot 0(2) T20 vs IC18 Mar 2026 · runout (Ritik Joshi) 4(5) T20 vs MS14 Mar 2026 · c CAK Walton b S Sreesanth 0(1) T20 vs RRP12 Mar 2026 · b A Singh 9(10) T20 vs TRT3 Jun 2025 · st PR Shah b MA Mansoori 26(13) T20 vs IR17 Mar 2025 · c Y Nagar b B Sharma 69(50) T20 vs AFGP15 Mar 2025 · c VS Rajawat b M Ansari 8(8) T20 vs ANS13 Mar 2025 · b P Suyal 32(20) T20 vs AFGP12 Mar 2025 · runout (Mausib Khan) 29(29)

Last 10 innings · bowling

3/29vs PP

0/7vs TRT

2/25vs IR

0/22vs AFGP

2/31vs IR

0/13vs SS

1/23vs NC

2/22vs CL

0/27vs DG

0/9vs DD

T20 vs PP31 Jul 2026 3/29 T20 vs TRT3 Jun 2025 0/7 T20 vs IR17 Mar 2025 2/25 T20 vs AFGP15 Mar 2025 0/22 T20 vs IR11 Mar 2025 2/31 T20 vs SS13 Dec 2024 0/13 T20 vs NC12 Dec 2024 1/23 T20 vs CL15 Mar 2024 2/22 T20 vs DG14 Mar 2024 0/27 T20 vs DD13 Mar 2024 0/9

About Tillakaratne Dilshan

Tillakaratne Dilshan Biography

Tillakaratne Dilshan is a former cricketer and skipper of the Sri Lanka. Born on the 14th of October, 1976, Dilshan was probably one of the most innovative players in cricket.

He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler. The famous “dilscoop” was the product of Tillakaratne Dilshan.

Background

Dilshan’s career began as a struggling middle-order batsman. At the age of 16, he began his cricketing career with Kalutara Vidyalaya. Right from the young age, he had the knack of scoring runs aggressively and using defence only as a last resort.

Debut

Dilshan made his international debut against Zimbabwe in a Test match on November 18, 1999. He scored just nine runs in the match that ended in a draw.

However, he won the Man of the Match award in the following test after scoring 163 runs to take Sri Lanka to victory. But his good days ended soon and he was dropped from the team in 2001 to 2003.

In December 1999, Dilshan played his maiden ODI match against Zimbabwe and scored 35 runs in a rain interrupted match.

Rise to Glory

Dilshan’s rise to fame came way after his debut. In 2009, he became the leading opener for Sri Lanka in all formats. Runs flowed in big numbers as he went on to score 11 international hundreds along with winning the player of the series for T20 World Cup.

Dilshan was also the top scorer in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup where he finished with stats of 500 runs in nine games.

He also led the Sri Lankan team after Sangakkara. He took the Sri Lankan team to their maiden test win in South Africa.

Dilshan’s record-breaking 193 at Lord’s was the best innings of his career. In this process, he registered the highest score by a Sri Lankan at Lords. The destructive opener usually played his innings at a strike rate over 100.

Low Points

The pressure of captaincy got to Dilshan as the team lost to England, Australia, Pakistan and South Africa. He eventually relinquished his captaincy and Mahela Jayawardena succeeded him. Dilshan also had a rough patch from 2001 to 2003 as he was not considered for selection.

Retirement

Dilshan announced his retirement from Test cricket on 9 October 2013. However, the 17-year long international career ended on 9 September 2016 after his last T20 game against Australia.

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