Dilshan scored an unbeaten 50 in the match and powered the home team to a seven-wicket victory in the ODI series decider.
While the players were walking back to the dressing room in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, on August 30, Ahmed Shehzad was caught on camera telling Tillakaratne Dilshan, 'If you are a non-Muslim and you turn Muslim, no matter whatever you do in your life, straight to heaven. Share Via. Get our Daily News Capsule Subscribe. Thank you for subscribing to our Daily News Capsule newsletter. Whatsapp Twitter Facebook Linkedin. Following the split of his parents, Dilshan legally converted from Islam to Buddhism.
Dilshan made his Test debut against Zimbabwe on 18 November He scored 9 runs off his first match and was out LBW. But he launched into international limelight with an unbeaten in his very second match, winning a player of the match award for his performance.
Following the success achieved in his second Test, Dilshan could never replicate the same form he had. Despite some small contributions here and there, he was woefully out of form and was eventually dropped from the Ttest team in early Though he was regularly selected in the ODI squad, post his debut against Zimbabwe in , he was left warming the benches for the better part of Despite being drafted in as a lower middle order batsman cum all rounder, he never complained in regards to lack of sufficient time on the crease.
Due to lack of partners for Sanath Jayasuria, Dilshan, who usually plays as No 6 batsman, was drafted in as an opener. And the rest is history. After nearly spending the entire youth of his career at the lower middle order, at the age of 31, he was promoted as an opener. And in the following innings he has played as an opener in ODIs, he has scored an astounding runs at both No 1 and No 2 positions, at an average nearing 50 and strike rate above And moreover, he scored 21 ODI centuries as an opener, in the span of 7 years.
Following the retirement of Sanath Jayasuriya in the longer format in , Sri Lanka consistently lacked a proper opening batsmen, despite trying out several combinations. Even in the longer formats, he has done outstandingly well as an opener, scoring runs in 30 Tests he opened the innings. Thereafter, he established himself as the premier opener for Sri Lanka in all the three formats.
Apparently, he practiced this shot while training for Delhi Daredevils in , and unleashed it to a great effect in the World Cup. Post the promotion as a regular opener in all the three formats in , Dilshan took the role as bread and butter. Born into an Islamic family, and following the Malay group, Dilshan was named Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan at the time of his birth.
Following his parents' separation when he was just 16, he took to following Buddhism, the religion his mother followed. It was after he started following Buddhism, his initials TM then stood for Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage. During his initial days when he was a Christian, he used to do the sign of the cross on completing his ton. However, he took to Islam in and changed his name to Mohammad Yousuf and was seen in beard thereon.
He even converted his wife and changed her name from Tania to Fatima. It is believed that it was Hashim Amla who drew him towards this religion. However, as per reports, the team manager Mohammad Moosajee brushed away these things and said that there is no role of either Amla and Tahir in Parnell's decision to change from Christianity to Muslim. However, he was soon attracted by Buddhism and took a divergence from Islam.
Since then, he is always known as Suraj Randiv.
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