Tillakaratne Dilshan

Tillakaratne Dilshan
තිලකරත්න ඩිල්ෂාන්
Personal information
Full name Tillakarathne Mudiyanselage Dilshan
Born (1976-10-14) 14 October 1976
Kalutara, Sri Lanka
Nickname Dilee, Mr. Pallekele
Batting style Right handed
Bowling style Right arm off spin
Role All rounder
Relations Spouse - Manjula Thilini (m. 2008)
International information
National side
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 5 January 2016 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no. 23
T20I debut (cap 2) 15 June 2006 v England
Last T20I 17 March 2016 v Afghanistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
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
2014 Sydney Thunder
2013–present Tamil Union C&AC
2015 Derbyshire
2015–present Guyana Amazon Warriors
2015 Chittagong Vikings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 87 327 75 232
Runs scored 5,492 10,216 1,834 13,960
Batting average 40.98 39.44 29.58 38.99
100s/50s 16/23 22/47 1/13 38/59
Top score 193 161* 104* 200*
Balls bowled 3,385 5,803 246 6,441
Wickets 39 106 7 89
Bowling average 43.87 44.39 43.57 36.21
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 0
Best bowling 4/10 4/4 2/4 5/49
Catches/stumpings 88/– 119/1 31/2 356/23
Source: ESPNricinfo, 17 March 2016

Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan, (Sinhalese: තිලකරත්න ඩිල්ෂාන්; born 14 October 1976) or popularly as Tillakaratne Dilshan, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team in all formats.[1] Dilshan made his Test and ODI debut during the Sri Lankan cricket team's tour to Zimbabwe in 1999.[2] He is regarded as one of the most innovative batsmen of the modern game. He is an aggressive right-hand batsman who invented the scoop, which has come to be known as a dilscoop, that hits the ball behind the keeper. An all-rounder, he is also a capable off-break bowler. He also was a test wicket-keeper.

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 overall to score 10,000 ODI runs.[3] And he is the third overall and first Sri Lankan to score 1,500 runs in Twenty20 Internationals,[4] and first player to hit 200 fours in T20Is.[5]

He is also regarded as a highly capable fielder. He usually fields at the point region.

Despite not being as revered as his teammates like Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, Dilshan was under-estimated in cricket world as a normal cricket player who plays in number 6 and 7 in the past. But until he gained the opening batting position, Dilshan became one of the finest world cricketers and a legend in the modern cricketing history. His quick progression showed that after he moved to the opening position, where Dilshan scored 21 ODI centuries and all Test and T20I centuries.[6]

Personal life

Dilshan born on 14 October 1976 in Kalutara to a family of a Malay father and a Sinhalese mother. He had his first education at Jaffna Sinhala Madya Maha Vidyalaya in Jaffna for few years, and then at the Kalutara Vidyalaya, where he started his cricket career as a teenager. Dilshan converted from Islam to Buddhism[7] at the early age of 16, and was known as Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan before his conversion. However, his childhood coach Ranjan Paranavitana said even though Dilshan carried a Muslim name, he and his brothers and sisters followed their mother's religion from their childhood[8] and once his parents separated he officially changed his religion and name.[9]

Dilshan was married to Nilanka Vithanage, and they have one boy- Resadu Tillakaratne. After divorced from Dilshan, Nilanka filed a case for giving monthly payments for child's future, against Dilshan. He has been issued with a notice to appear in court after 2011 Cricket World Cup, but he refused some of these notices. But now all are appear to be clear in both parts, where about 200,000 LKR in each month should give for ex-wife and his son.

Dilshan is now married to Sri Lankan teledrama actress Manjula Thilini. Their marriage was celebrated in India during the 2008 IPL series. Dilshan has two daughters and one son from this second marriage. Their eldest daughter is Resandi Linama Tillakaratne, and second is Lasadi Dihasansa Tillakaratne. Only son, who is Dihela Dinhath Tillakaratne, is the youngest of all.[10]

Dilshan's brother, Tillakaratne Sampath, is a first-class cricketer in Sri Lanka.[11]

Dilshan is a popular icon in home. So, he is very occasionally participated in many local events and television programs. He also appointed as a special judge in Sirasa Superstar, Generation 4.[12] He also participated for many other entertainment events as well, due to his publicity through his wife being a former popular actress.[13][14]

With the invention of his master stroke play-Dilscoop, Dilshan models his fashion line with the name 'Dil Scoop'.[15]

On 23 October 2014, Dilshan opened a small-scale luxury hotel, named as "Hotel ‘D Pavilion Inn’", situated at Stafford Lane in Kirulapana. The hotel was opened by the presence of former president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapakse.[16][17]

Early career

Dilshan played his test debut against Zimbabwe on 18 November 1999 at Bulawayo. He scored 9 runs on debut and was out lbw to a delivery off Henry Olonga.[18] However, Dlishan managed to score his maiden test century at the Harare Sports Club in the second test between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. He scored an unbeaten 163* runs in the first innings and was awarded the player of the match award for his role in the Sri Lankan victory.[19] Dilshan achieved his highest test score in England, where he scored 193 runs in the second test at the Lord's cricket ground, against England.[20]

Dilshan's One-Day International debut also came during Sri Lanka's tour of Zimbabwe in 1999, where he scored 31 runs against Zimbabwe.[21] His maiden ODI century came against Netherlands on 4 July 2006 where he smashed an unbeaten 117* runs along with Sanath Jayasuriya's 157 to help Sri Lanka post the highest ever ODI score of 443 runs.[22]

Later career

See also: List of centuries in Twenty20 International cricket, List of batsmen who have scored over 10000 One Day International cricket runs, and List of cricketers who have scored a century in all formats of cricket

Dilshan played almost all his international matches as a middle-order all-round batsman during his early years. However, by 2007, he was selected to open the batting with Sanath Jayasuriya in ODI game against India where he started to showcase himself as an attacking and threatening opening batsman.[23] Since 2007, his stroke play has included a host of aggressive strokes which has allowed him to dominate the ODIs arena on many occasions. Currently he is slotted as the permanent opening batsman for Sri Lanka as well as operating as a handy right-arm off-break bowler in ODI matches.

Dilshan is credited for the creation of the Dilscoop, which he stumbled upon and then perfected, during the Indian Premier League 2009 tournament.[24] His innovative stroke play is acknowledged by many commentators and pundits thereby earning the recognition of being known as one of the most aggressive batsmen of all time. Apart from his Dilscoop, Dilshan is a prolific player of width possessing the ability to hit nearly any delivery pitched outside the off-stump for runs, and has perfected a lethal cover drive against pace bowlers.

Dilshan playing against England in 2011

2011 Cricket World Cup

Dilshan was the top run scorer in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He scored 500 runs from nine One Day international innings with a best score of 144 runs against Zimbabwe. He scored two centuries, two half centuries, 61 boundaries and four sixes during the tournament which ended at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India in April 2011.

Captaincy

Immediately after the end of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, with Kumar Sangakkara stepping down as captain, Dilshan was appointed captain of Sri Lanka in all formats of the game.

However, his appointment as captain was questioned by cricket fans and pundits alike. Many wondered if he was the right man to lead Sri Lanka. While, Dilshan did score 193 runs against England at Lord's, and broke the record for the highest individual score made by a Sri Lankan[25] at the venue, plus leading Sri Lanka to their maiden test win in South Africa.[26][27] Losses to England, Australia, Pakistan and South Africa put strain on his captaincy[28] which he relinquished in Jan 2012.[29]

Dilshan became the 5th player in international cricket to score centuries in all forms of the game. During the Australian tour of Sri Lanka in 2011, Dilshan scored an unbeaten century of 104* from just 54 balls in the first Twenty20 match of the series,[30] becoming the 5th player to achieve the milestone after West Indian Chris Gayle, New Zealander Brendon McCullum, Indian Suresh Raina and fellow Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardena and it is also the highest individual twenty20 international score by a Sri Lankan in the history. He scored the century from just 57 balls with 12 fours and 5 sixes. He achieved his century with a dilscoop hitting behind the wicket-keeper.

In December 2011, Sri Lanka registered their first ever Test wins in South Africa. This also became their first Test win under Dilshan's captaincy. However, after losing the Test series 2–1 and the subsequent ODI series 3–2, Dilshan resigned and was replaced by Mahela Jayawardene. In 2012, he was ranked the second-highest ODI run scorer, with 1119 runs, behind his team-mate Kumar Sangakkara.

Tillakaratne Dilshan batting at Lord's 2011

Test retirement

Dilshan announced his retirement from Test cricket on 9 October 2013.[31] Dilshan retired from test cricket in 2013 with his last match being played against Bangladesh at the R. Premadasa Stadium.[32] Dilshan played 87 test matches amassing 5,492 runs along with 16 centuries and 39 wickets.

Post-test retirement

On 16 December 2014, in his 300th One-Day International, Dilshan scored his 18th ODI century and also passed 9000 runs in ODIs. He became the 5th Sri Lankan cricketer and 15th overall to achieve this landmark. He also took 3 crucial wickets in the match against England and aided Sri Lanka's title claim as the winners of the tournament. He won both man of the match award and man of the series award.[33]

TM Dilshan on his way to his 18th ODI century

On 23 January 2015, Dilshan scored his 20th One-Day International century against New Zealand, becoming the 10th batsmen to score 20 ODI centuries.[34]

2015 Cricket World Cup

On 26 February 2015, he scored an unbeaten 161 runs during the group stage match of 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup against Bangladesh. This was his highest individual score in an ODI and was the highest score by a Sri Lankan in Cricket World Cup history, a title previously held by Aravinda de Silva, who scored 145 runs against Zimbabwe in 2003. It was also the highest individual score without a six in ODI history and Dilshan's third score greater than 150. During his innings he shared a 206* run second wicket partnership with Kumar Sangakkara.[35] This was the highest second wicket partnership for Sri Lanka in ODIs, but was surpassed in the following match between Sri Lanka and England by a 212* run stand between Sangakkara and Lahiru Thirimanne.[36]

On 1 March 2015, during a group match against England, Dilshan took his 100th ODI wicket by dismissing Gary Balance off his own bowling, thus becoming the third Sri Lankan to score 3000 runs and take 100 wickets after Jayasuriya and Aravinda.[37]

During a group match against Australia, Dilshan scored 24 runs off a Mitchell Johnson over by hitting six consecutive 4s, a first in World Cup history.[38]

Dilshan's teammates Sangakkara and Mahela retired from ODI cricket following Sri Lanka's loss to South Africa in the quarter finals. When asked about retirement, Dilshan stated that until Sri Lanka found a good opening bastman he would continue to feature in the shorter forms of the game for about 2 years or so. Dilshan got out without scoring in the quarter finals and Sri Lanka exited a World Cup without making the semi finals for the first time since 2003.

Post-World Cup

On 26 July 2015, Dilshan passed 10,000 ODI runs during the fifth ODI against Pakistan at Hambantota. With this, he became the fourth Sri Lankan and eleventh overall to achieve the milestone.[3]

Dilshan was the second person after Sanath Jayasuriya to score more than 4000 ODI runs after the age of 35 and surpassed Jayasuriya's record of 4,142 runs in 2015.[39]

On 9 November 2015, Dilshan became the highest run scorer for Sri Lanka in Twenty20 Internationals passing 1,493 runs of Mahela Jayawardena. With this feat, Dilshan also became the first Sri Lankan and third overall to pass 1,500 T20I runs, milestone achieved after Brendan McCullum, and JP Duminy. Currently he is only behind McCullum and Guptill by runs in T20Is.[40][41][42][43]

During the third ODI against New Zealand on 31 December 2015, Dilshan smashed 91 runs to reach another milestone in his career. Dilshan surpassed 1202 runs by Jayasuriya as most runs by an opening bastman for Sri Lanka in a calendar year. Dilshan scored 1207 runs in the year 2015 with 4 hundreds and 6 fifties.[44][45]

Dilshan finished 2015 ODI arena as the highest ODI run scorer for Sri Lanka and third highest of all-time list. During 25 ODIs played in 2015, Dilshan scored 1,207 runs with the average of 52.47 and strike rate of 90.75. The veteran of 39 years of age, Dilshan showcased incredible all-round ability and had no mercy for the bowlers for all nations, got 4 hundrerds and 6 fifties.[46]

Dilshan was not totally success in 2016 Asia Cup, where Sri Lanka lost to Bangladesh and India to lost the way to finals. On 4 March 2016, against Pakistan, Dilshan reached another milestone by hitting 200 fours in all twenty20 internationals and first player to break 200 fours in T20Is.[5]

Dilshan's results in international matches[47]
 MatchesWonLostDrawnTiedNo result
Test[48] 873328260–
ODI[49] 327173137–-17
T20I[50] 754231-11

Beyond Cricket

On 1 August 2015, Dilshan and fellow Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan were appointed as the brand ambassadors for the Presidential Task Force to combat kidney disease by the President Maithripala Sirisena.[51][52]

Politics

Dilshan publicly displayed his support to Mahinda Rajapaksa at the 2015 Presidential Election which has received severe criticism from some of his fans. He did so by welcoming Mahinda Rajapakse to Maharagama for an election rally.[53]

Fan following

Dilshan is often considered as a cool headed cricketer with lot of smile in the face even with the opposite players. He sometimes jokes with the official cameramen in numerous occasions.[54] But after a terrible disaster during the New Zealand tour of 2015-16, Sri Lanka lost all three forms and lost the number one spot of Twenty20 team rankings as well. With all these incidents, one of Sri Lankan cricket fan, who was at the Eden Park pavilion during the second T20 match against New Zealand, was overheard asked Dilshan to retire from cricket immediately. Dilshan was somewhat angry from this and asked the fan, “Are you going to replace me,” . The fan also responded and the talk went too big and through the social media as well. After Dilshan landed to Sri Lanka, he spoke to media that, he know at what time to retire, just as in test cricket and Sri Lankans who are engaged outside the country must know their limits.[55][56][57][58]

International Records & Achievements

Bold ones are World Records.

Tests

One-Day Internationals

Twenty20 Internationals

World Cups

Others

Player statistics

Test performance against each opponent

As of 16 March 2013: Until his retirement.

Opponent Matches Innings Not out Runs High Score 100 50 Average
 Australia 11 21 1 618 147 2 1 30.90
 Bangladesh 11 15 1 1,008 168 4 4 72.00
 England 13 21 0 889 193 2 6 42.33
 India 12 20 3 819 125* 3 4 48.18
 New Zealand 5 9 1 406 123* 1 2 50.75
 Pakistan 14 25 1 873 145 3 3 36.38
 South Africa 9 17 2 321 78 0 1 21.40
 West Indies 7 12 1 339 62 0 2 30.82
 Zimbabwe 5 5 1 219 163* 1 0 54.75
TOTAL 87 145 11 5492 193 16 23 40.99

ODI performance against each opponent

Opponent Matches Innings Not out Runs High Score 100 50 Average
 Australia 41 41 4 995 106 1 5 26.89
 Bangladesh 24 21 5 859 161* 4 2 53.69
 England 34 31 3 966 108* 2 5 34.50
 India 70 64 5 2255 160* 4 11 38.22
 New Zealand 38 35 4 1308 116 3 6 44.30
 Pakistan 46 43 8 1403 137* 2 6 40.09
 South Africa 28 26 3 1036 115* 2 5 47.09
 West Indies 16 13 2 287 64 0 2 22.50
 Zimbabwe 18 16 6 678 144 2 3 67.80
 Bermuda 1 1 0 12 12 0 0 12.00
 Canada 1 1 0 50 50 0 1 50.00
 Ireland 1 0 0 0 0 0
 Kenya 1 1 0 44 44 0 0 44.00
 Netherlands 2 2 1 183 117* 1 1 183.00
 Scotland 2 2 0 110 104 1 0 55.00
 United Arab Emirates 2 2 0 30 24 0 0 15.00
 Afghanistan 1 1 0 0 0 0 .00
TOTAL 325 300 41 10,216 161* 22 47 39.44

As of 5 January 2016.[67]

Centuries

Dilshan has 16 Test centuries, 22 One-Day International centuries, and 1 Twenty20 International century. He is the second Sri Lankan and fifth overall to achieve international centuries in all forms of the game.

Filmography

Year Title Role
2011 Sinhawalokanaya - සිංහාවලෝකනය Himself

Awards

International Awards

Test Cricket – Man of the Series awards

# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series 2005 254 (2 Matches); 1 Ct.  Sri Lanka Won the series 2–0[68]
2 Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series 2008/09 366 (2 matches); 4 wickets. 3 Ct. 1 run out.  Sri Lanka Won the series 2–0[69]

Test Cricket – Man of the match awards

# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 2nd Test – Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series 1999/00 1st Innings – 163* ; 1 Ct.  Sri Lanka Won by 6 wickets[70]
2 2nd Test - Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series 2008/09 1st Innings – 162 ; 2nd Innings 143 ; 1 ct. Bowling 4/10.  Sri Lanka Won by 465 runs[71]
3 1st Test – New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series 2009 1st Innings – 92 ; 2nd Innings 123*.  Sri Lanka Won by 202 runs[72]
4 2nd Test – Sri Lanka in England Test Series 2011 1st Innings – 193 ; 1 Ct. Drawn[73]

One-Day International Cricket – Man of the series awards

# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 Bank Alfalah Series (Pak, SL) in UAE 2008/09 (3 Matches) 255 runs.  Sri Lanka Won the series 2-1.
2 Commonwealth Bank Series (Ind, SL, Aus) in Australia 2011/12 (11 Matches) 513 runs, 2 wickets.  Australia Won the series.
3 Dialog Cup (Ban, SL) in Sri Lanka 2012/13 (3 Matches) 248 runs. Series drawn.
4 Dialog Cup (NZL, SL) in Sri Lanka 2013/14 (3 Matches) 189 runs. Series drawn.
5 Hero Cup (ENG, SL) in Sri Lanka 2014 (7 Matches) 357 runs, 12 wickets.  Sri Lanka Won the series 5-2.

One Day Internationals - Man of the Match awards

S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 India Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera 6 November 2005 3–0–19–0; 81* (88 balls: 8x4, 0x6)  Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets.[74]
2 India Manuka Oval, Canberra 12 February 2008 DNB; 62* (59 balls: 6x4, 1x6)  Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets.[23]
3 Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi 21 January 2009 DNB; 76 (88 balls: 11x4, 0x6);  Sri Lanka won by 129 runs.[75]
4 Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 24 January 2009 DNB; 137 (139 balls: 10x4, 0x6);  Sri Lanka won by 234 runs.[76]
5 South Africa SuperSport Park, Centurion 22 September 2009 DNB; 106 (92 balls: 16x4, 1x6);  Sri Lanka won by 55 runs.[77]
6 India VCA Stadium, Nagpur 18 December 2009 3–0–16–0; 123 (113 balls: 12x4, 2x6);  Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets.[78]
7 Bangladesh Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka 4 January 2010 3–0–16–1; 104 (122 balls: 12x4, 0x6);  Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets.[79]
8 Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club, Harare 9 June 2010 2–0–14–0; 108* (102 balls: 14x4, 0x6);  Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets.[80]
9 Bangladesh Rangiri Dambulla Stadium, Dambulla 18 June 2010 3–0–37–3; 71 (51 balls: 11x4, 1x6);  Sri Lanka won by 126 runs.[81]
10 India Rangiri Dambulla Stadium, Dambulla 28 August 2010 DNB; 110 (115 balls: 12x4, 1x6); 1 ct  Sri Lanka won by 74 runs.[82]
11 Zimbabwe Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy 10 March 2011 3–1–4–4; 144 (131 balls: 16x4, 1x6);  Sri Lanka won by 139 runs.[83]
12 England R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 26 March 2010 6–1–25–1; 108* (175 balls: 10x4, 2x6);  Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets.[84]
13 Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 6 March 2012 10–0–40–1; 106 (119 balls: 10x4, 0x6); 1 ct  Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets.[85]
14 New Zealand Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy 6 November 2012 2–0–9–0; 102* (95 balls: 12x4, 1x6);  Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets.[86]
15 Bangladesh MRIC Stadium, Hambantota 23 March 2013 4–0–12–0; 113* (108 balls: 11x4, 10x6); 1 ct  Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets.[87]
16 Bangladesh Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy 28 March 2013 125 (128 balls: 12x4, 0x6);  Bangladesh won by 3 wickets.[88]
17 South Africa Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy 28 July 2013 10–0–40–2; 115* (130 balls: 16x4, 0x6); 1 ct  Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets.[89]
18 South Africa R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 31 July 2013 10–0–41–1; 99 (110 balls: 13x4, 10x6);  Sri Lanka won by 128 runs.[90]
19 England Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street 25 May 2014 1–0–6–0; 88 (101 balls: 7x4, 0x6);  Sri Lanka won by 157 runs.[91]
20 South Africa Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy 9 July 2014 10–0–40–3; 86 (90 balls: 9x4, 0x6);  Sri Lanka won by 87 runs.[92]
21 England R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 26 November 2014 6–0–33–1; 88 (98 balls: 10x4, 0x6);  Sri Lanka won by 25 runs.[93]
22 England R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 16 December 2014 10–0–37–3; 101 (124 balls: 9x4, 1x6);  Sri Lanka won by 87 runs.[94]
23 New Zealand Seddon Park, Hamilton 15 January 2015 7–0–27–0; 116 (127 balls: 17x4, 0x6); 1 run out  Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets.[95]
24 Bangladesh Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 26 February 2015 8–0–35–2; 161* (127 balls: 22x4, 0x6)  Sri Lanka won by 92 runs.[96]
25 West Indies R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 1 November 2015 59 (32 balls: 6x4, 3x6); 1 catch  Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket.[97]

Twenty20 International Cricket – Man of the series awards

# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England 2009 317 runs in 7 matches with 3 fifties. avg. 52.83 ; SR 144.74  Pakistan defeat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the final.[98]
2 West Indies in Sri Lanka 2015/16 108 runs with 2 fifties. Series drawn.[99]

Twenty20 International Cricket – Man of the match awards

# Series Date Against Match Performance Result
1 2009 ICC World Twenty20 12 June 2009 Pakistan 46 (39 balls, 8x4) & 1 ct.  Sri Lanka won by 19 runs.[100]
2 2009 ICC World Twenty20 19 June 2009 West Indies 96* (57 balls, 12x4, 2x6).  Sri Lanka won by 57 runs.[101]
3 Australia in Sri Lanka 6 August 2011 Australia 104* (57 balls, 12x4, 5x6); 3-0-26-0.  Sri Lanka won by 35 runs.[102]
4 2012 ICC World Twenty20 27 September 2012 New Zealand 76 (53 balls, 5x4, 3x6). Tied.  Sri Lanka won in Super over.[103]
5 Dialog Cup 6 August 2013 South Africa 2-0-21-0; 74* (51 balls, 9x4, 2x6).  Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets.[104]
6 2016 ICC World Twenty20 17 March 2016 Afghanistan 83* (56 balls, 8x4, 3x6).  Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets.[105]

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