Tillakaratne Dilshan

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Tillakaratne Dilshan is a former Sri Lankan cricketer renowned as an aggressive opening batsman and innovative shot-maker, particularly famous for popularizing the "Dilscoop" stroke in limited-overs cricket.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sri Lankan cricketer
cricketer
human
battingApproach attacking opening batsman in ODIs
attacking opening batsman in T20Is
battingInnovation scoop shot over the wicketkeeper
battingPosition opening batsman in limited-overs cricket
battingStyle right-handed batsman
bowlingStyle right-arm off break
captaincyFormat One Day International cricket
Twenty20 International cricket
captained Sri Lanka national cricket team NERFINISHED
changedNameTo Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan NERFINISHED
continentRepresented Asia NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1976-10-14
familyName Dilshan NERFINISHED
fieldingPosition point fielder
slip fielder
fieldingSkill acrobatic fielding
formatSpecialization limited-overs cricket
formerName Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan NERFINISHED
fullName Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Tillakaratne NERFINISHED
internationalDebutFormat One Day International cricket
Test cricket
Twenty20 International cricket NERFINISHED
knownFor Dilscoop shot
aggressive batting
innovative shot-making
nationality Sri Lankan
placeOfBirth Kalutara NERFINISHED
playedDomesticTeam Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club NERFINISHED
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club NERFINISHED
playedFor Sri Lanka national cricket team NERFINISHED
playedForIPLTeam Delhi Daredevils NERFINISHED
Royal Challengers Bangalore NERFINISHED
playedInLeague Indian Premier League NERFINISHED
playedInTournament ICC Cricket World Cup NERFINISHED
ICC World Twenty20 NERFINISHED
popularized Dilscoop NERFINISHED
religion Buddhism
retiredFrom international cricket
role all-rounder
opening batsman
part-time wicket-keeper
sport cricket

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2011 Cricket World Cup mostRunsScoredBy Tillakaratne Dilshan
Sri Lanka national cricket team notablePlayer Tillakaratne Dilshan