Sri Lanka’s cricket authorities have declared all-rounder Tillakaratne Dilshan as captain for a arriving debate of England. Dilshan will lead a side in all 3 formats of a diversion — Tests, one-day internationals as well as Twenty20s — upon a tour, that starts in May, Sri Lanka Cricket pronounced in a statement.
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COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s cricket authorities upon Monday declared big-hitting all-rounder Tillakaratne Dilshan as captain for a arriving debate of England.
Dilshan will lead a side in all 3 formats of a diversion — Tests, one-day internationals as well as Twenty20s — upon a tour, Sri Lanka Cricket pronounced in a statement.
The 34-year-old, eminent for an over-the-head dip shot dubbed a “Dilscoop”, replaces Kumar Sangakkara, who stepped down after Sri Lanka mislaid a World Cup last to India progressing this month.
Fitness worries meant a five-member inhabitant preference row headed by Duleep Mendis, a former Sri Lanka skipper, did not name a vice-captain.
“The impending possibilities have been nursing injuries as well as their accessibility for a stirring debate is still in question,” a matter said.
All-rounder Angelo Mathews, 23, has been sloping for a role, though he is nursing a side aria suffered during a World Cup semi-final.
Dilshan, a right-handed batsman now personification in a Indian Premier League, is approaching to transport to Colombo this week to encounter a selectors as well as collect a patrol for England.
The former Sri Lankan cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara gives a press discussion in Mumbai progressing this month. Sri Lanka’s cricket authorities have declared big-hitting all-rounder Tillakaratne Dilshan as Sangakkara’s replacement. Dilshan will lead a side for a arriving debate of England.
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The debate runs from May to Jul as well as includes 3 Tests, 5 one-day games as well as a Twenty20 match.
The son of a military officer, Dilshan is a 11th full-time Sri Lankan skipper. He done his Test entrance opposite Zimbabwe in 1999 as well as strike an dominant 163 in his second Test compare in Harare.
His career took off in 2009 when he volunteered to open in all 3 forms of a diversion in Pakistan, exploiting aggressive fields as well as aggregation outrageous scores in all formats.
He scored eleven general hundreds in a year as well as won a World Twenty20 Player of a Series prize.
Dilshan additionally had an glorious World Cup, where he was a tournament’s top scorer with 500 runs.
His appointment is approaching to be a short-term pierce since he is not approaching to be a claimant for a 2015 World Cup to be played in Australia as well as New Zealand.
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