Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan (born 14 October 1976 in Kalutara) was known as Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan prior to his conversion from Islam to Buddhism. Quite an aggressive right-hand batsman, he is also capable of bowling spin and his off breaks are useful in the one-day arena.
Dilshan debuting in his test against Zimbabwe in 1999 scored his maiden Test hundred in the series with a 163. Dilshan also made his One day international debut against Zimbabwe. The next 15 months were spent jumping in and out of the side. Even when he played he never knew his place as he was constantly being pushed up and down the order.
His made his comeback as an international cricketer in 2003. In four consecutive Test innings he boasted impressive scores of 63, 100, 83 and 104. The latter were against the world champion Australian side at Galle. In September 2005, Dilshan scored his most recent Test century which was against Bangladesh, an innings of 168 off just 179 balls.
In first final of the 2005-06 VB Series, Dilshan’s splendid four run outs made headlines.
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