Tillakaratne Dilshan largely unarsed by bowling or conditions
International Twenty20, or T20I, has a short history, so Tillakaratne Dilshan has been able to launch himself into third place on the list of all-time run-scorers largely as a result of this tournament.
Dilshan’s scored over half his career runs in the last fortnight and a good chunk of those came in last night’s semi final against West Indies, where he hit 96 not out. Even the scorecard shows that it was the classic example of two games going on – one when Dilshan was facing and another when anyone else was on strike.
As his team mates appeared to drown in treacle, flailing around and sobbing, Dilshan gorged on the sickly sweet syrup before throwing up 12 fours and burping a couple of sixes for good measure.
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It was great but it made Gayle not doing the same thing for the Windies so much worse.