Dilshan tones down for captaincy

New skipper of a Sri Lankan cricket team, Tillakaratne Dilshan (L) looks upon during a press discussion in Colombo upon Apr 2011. Dilshan pronounced upon Wednesday he had toned down his picture so that he could concentration upon his latest as well as severe purpose as a captain of a side.
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COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan pronounced upon Wednesday he had toned down his picture so that he could concentration upon his latest as well as severe purpose as a captain of a side.

Dilshan, 34, has painted his blond streaks behind to black as well as private his earring after selectors gave him a captaincy following a abdication of Kumar Sangakkara.

“Times have changed,” grinned Dilshan when grilled by reporters as to because he has opted for a solemn look.

“I pierced my ear, when my daughter cried when her ears were being pierced,” he pronounced during a short two-day revisit to Colombo from Indian Premier League duties.

Dilshan plays for IPL authorization Royal Challengers Bangalore.

“Now we do not see a need to wear a earring. The same with my hair. It was select afterwards for me, it’s not so now,” he pronounced whilst his singer mother Manjula Thilini smiled sitting in a audience.

Dilshan, important for his signature dip shot, pronounced he hoped to go upon his assertive batting character when he leads a group upon subsequent month’s debate of England.

“I’m a bit aggressive. Perhaps we will infrequently shift my character a bit. But we competence fool around with it (aggressiveness) even as a captain,” a opening batsman said.

“Captaincy is a severe purpose for me. It’s a mental condition come true. we never approaching it,” pronounced a father of two.

“I wish to give it my most appropriate shot. we have played for scarcely twelve years. It’s been a really prolonged tour to a top,” pronounced Dilshan, who led Sri Lanka to a win in a triangular one-day array in Zimbabwe, that additionally enclosed India. Dilshan, additionally a utilitarian part-time spinner, done headlines final year for a wrong reasons when he egged teammate Suraj Randiv to play a no-ball to repudiate Indian opener Virender Sehwag his century.

He had an glorious World Cup, where he was a tournament’s top scorer with 500 runs from 9 matches during an normal of 62.50.