Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan (Sinhalese: ???????? ????????; born Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan on 14 October 1976) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. The best rated Sri Lankan player in run-chases in ODI history, he is often regarded as one of the most innovative batsmen of all time. Dilshan is one such rare cricketer who can bat, bowl, field and keep wickets. He is an aggressive right-hand batsman who invented the scoop, which has come to be known as the dilscoop, that hits the ball over the keeper. An opening batsman, he is also a capable off-break bowler. A livewire in the field, he usually fields at the point region.

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Personal information
Full name	Tillakaratne Dilshan
Born	(1976-10-14) 14 October 1976 (age 41) Kalutara, Sri Lanka
Nickname	Dilee, Mr. Pallekele, Dilscoop
Batting	Right handed
Bowling	Right arm off spin
Role	Opening Batsman
Relations	Spouse – Manjula Thilini (m. 2008)
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (1999–2016)
Test debut (cap 80)	18 November 1999 v Zimbabwe
Last Test	16 March 2013 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 102)	11 December 1999 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	28 August 2016 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	23
T20I debut (cap 2)	15 June 2006 v England
Last T20I	9 September 2016 v Australia
T20I shirt no.	23
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1996–1998	Kalutara Town Club
1997–1998	Singha Sports Club
1998–2000	Sebastianites C&AC
2000	Bloomfield C&AC
2007–present	Basnahira South
2008–2010	Delhi Daredevils
2010	Northern Districts
2011–2013	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2012	Basnahira Cricket Dundee
2013	Dhaka Gladiators
2013–present	Tamil Union C&AC
2014	Sydney Thunder
2014	Surrey
2015	Derbyshire
2015–present	Guyana Amazon Warriors
2015	Chittagong Vikings
2017–present	Peshawar 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 38.83 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 34.77 36.16 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a 0 Best bowling 4/10 4/4 2/4 5/49 Catches/stumpings 88/– 123/1 31/2 356/23
Source: ESPNricinfo, 9 September 2016

Dilshan made his Test and ODI debut during the Sri Lankan cricket team's tour to Zimbabwe in 1999. 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.

Dilshan won the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year award at the 2009 ICC Awards for his 96 off 57 balls against West Indies in the semi-final of the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England. He also won 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.

He is the fourth Sri Lankan and eleventh player overall to score 10,000 ODI runs. Being the third overall and first Sri Lankan to score 1,500 runs in Twenty20 Internationals, he is also the first player to hit 200 fours in T20Is. 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.

Dilshan was under-estimated in 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 and all his Test and T20I centuries.

In August 2016 Dilshan announced that he would retire from both ODI and T20I cricket at the end of the series against Australia. He retired from ODI cricket on 28 Augu