He finished his career as his country's fifth most capped player, fourth-highest run-getter and with third most number of hundreds in One-Day International (ODI) cricket. Yet compared to his more illustrious and flamboyant teammates, he has forever remained in the background. Along with scoring these truckload of runs, he took over a 100 wickets, took catches in the infield as well as near the boundaries and kept wickets when asked to do so. Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan, Sri Lankan cricket's loyal servant has bid farewell to the game, leaving behind big shoes to fill for whoever replaces him.
Sri Lankan cricket's loyal servant has bid farewell to the game, leaving behind big shoes to fill for whoever replaces him © Cricbuzz
In a 17-year-old career starting late last century, he amassed over 10,000 runs, took 100-plus wickets and pouched over 100 catches. He played four World Cups and top scored in one of them. A brief look into his career and savouring some of the records etched to his name in that long celebrated career.
Dilshan's ODI career - Batting
Dilshan's ODI career - Bowling & Fielding
A few key numbers from Dilshan's ODI career -
1 Tillakaratne Dilshan is the only player to score hundreds across the here formats while leading the side.
2 Dilshan is one of the two players to score 150-plus twice in losing causes in ODIs. Incidentally, both knocks came against India -
