# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tillakaratne-dilshan
# Generated: 2026-08-16T00:44:14.271Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tillakaratne-dilshan"
name: "Tillakaratne Dilshan"
slug: "tillakaratne-dilshan"
description: "Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan, commonly known as TM Dilshan is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is often regarded as the best rated Sri Lankan player in run-chases in ODI history and one of the most innovative players of all time. He was the top run scorer in the 2011 Cricket World Cup with 500 runs, and scored a century against England in the quarter-final. Dilshan is considered to be a rare example of a cricketer with notable skills in all aspects of the game, who can bat, bowl, field and keep wicket. He is an aggressive right-hand batsman who invented the scoop, which has come to be known as the Dilscoop, a shot that hits the ball over the keeper. Apart from being an opening batsman, he is also a capable off-break bowler. Energetic in the field, he usually fielded at the point region. He was part of the Sri Lankan team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20."
tagline: "Sri Lankan cricketer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tillakaratne_Dilshan_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1976-10-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.94148
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump