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| Dilshan with his family |
The Twenty20 format is sheer entertainment and the format is blessed with a great entertainer in Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan. It’s a treat to watch him bat, as the aggression and timing with which he plays his shots are spectacular — and he surprises by playing shots it was previously believed were impossible to execute.
Be it a bowler bowling at a speed of 140km/h or a fine spinner, Dilshan will move away, make room, and thrash them with ease. Many have wondered how he plays those strokes, which usually race to the boundary in a flash. He has an uncanny ability to pick the ball and play shots that can get him the maximum benefit.
It is the Twenty20 format that got the best out of Dilshan. He executed strokes which were never before seen in the game, including his scoop shot over the wicketkeeper’s head, which later was named after him, the ‘Dilscoop’. Today, the shot which shocked bowlers and confused captains, is used by many other batsmen in this format.
Former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd gave him the finest compliment after first watching him play the ‘Dilscoop’. “I’m not sure how he manages to play that scoop shot — if I had tried that when I played I think I would have ended up with a mouth full of ball — but it was wonderful entertainment.”
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