Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lankan bastman, retires from international cricket
Q. Which Sri Lankan batsman announced his retirement from international cricket?- Published on 29 Aug 16a. Tillakaratne Dilshan
b. Arjun Ranatunga
c. Ranil Wickramsinghe
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Tillakaratne Dilshan
Tilakaratne Dilshan, veteran Sri Lanka batsman retired from international cricket.
- He will play his last One Day International on 28th August 2016
- He will play his last T20 International in Colombo on September 9, 2016
- He is most famous for inventing the Dilscoop
- He retired from test cricket in 2013
- He played 87 tests and scored 5492 runs at 40.98 and picked 39 wickets
- Dilscoop is his signature of hitting the ball behind the keeper
- He was also a Test wicket keeper of repute
- He made his debut against Zimbabwe in 1999
- Amassing 10248 runs, including 22 centuries and 47 half centuries, he has scored 1884 runs in 78 T20 Internationals so far
- He is the fourth Sri Lanka batsman and the 11th in the world to pass the 10,000 run mark
- His career best score is 161 not out against Bangladesh in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.
- His career spanned his talents as an all rounder- he was a good off-break bowler taking 106 ODI wickets with best figures of 4 for 4 against Zimbabwe in Pallekele in 2011.
- In 78 T20 Internationals, Dilshan has amassed 1884 runs including a high score of 104 against Australia
