Tillakaratne Dilshan has confirmed he will play his final ODI in Dambulla on Sunday, the third of the series against Australia, and his last T20 international in Colombo on September 9th. He already retired from Tests. Now let's see some quick facts on him
• His average is 49.18 since start of 2013. His most most successful ODI year is 2015, when he scored 1207 runs at an average of 52.47
• Dilshan had missed the England tour earlier this year due to personal reasons, and was seen in discussion with chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya ahead of the ODI series against Australia.
• Dilshan batter in lower middle order for a long period. He scored 1000 or more ODI runs in a calendar year four times since being sent permanently up the order
• He was the fourth Sri Lanka batsman, after Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, to cross 10,000 ODI runs.
• Dilshan top-scored in the 2009 World T20
• Dilshan was also an innovator of the lap scoop, and began to regularly slog-sweep medium-pace bowlers.
