TM Dilshan 104 (57) 7 Sixes 12 Four vs Australia in T20 August 07,2011

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  Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan (Sinhala: born October 14, 1976 in Kalutara, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team since April 2011.[1] He has been a member of the team since November 1999, and was also known as Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan prior to his conversion from Islam to Buddhism.[2] He is an aggressive right-hand batsman and also a capable in spin bowler, his off breaks are mostly used in the one-day arena. TM Dilshan won the award of Twenty20 International Performance of the Year 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 indiviual batting performances in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.+ Career Debuted against Zimbabwe in 1999. He scored his maiden Test hundred in the series with a 163. Dilshan also made his One day international debut against Zimbabwe before spending the next 15 months in and out of the side. Even when he played he never knew his place in the side as he was constantly being pushed up and down the order. His revival as an international cricketer came in 2003. In four consecutive Test innings he scored 63, 100, 83 and 104. The latter came against the world champion Australian side at Galle. In the first final of the 2005-06 VB Series, Dilshan's fielding made headlines when he made four runouts. In November 2007, Dilshan scored 188 for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic ...