IPL playerSri Lanka2008 to 2013
Tillakaratne Dilshan
On scorecards: TM Dilshan · Right-hand bat
Tillakaratne Dilshan, a batter, played six IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
Tillakaratne Dilshan arrived through the auction: Delhi Daredevils paid ₹1 cr (US$250k), against a base price of ₹61 lakh, at the very first IPL auction.
That first season brought 7 matches, 104 runs and 1 wicket. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2009, for Delhi Daredevils: 418 runs at an average of 41.8, striking at 122.6 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 116.9, with 4 fifties, and a highest score of 67 not out.
Franchise by franchise
2008 to 2010, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2008 auction for ₹1 cr. 27 matches, 566 runs and 4 wickets.
2011 to 2013, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹2.92 cr. 24 matches, 587 runs and 1 wicket.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Delhi Daredevils, 2008 to 2010.
Bat, ball and method
Across the career, Tillakaratne Dilshan struck at 114.5. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 121.3, so Tillakaratne Dilshan scored about 7 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time, a trade usually made for longer innings. 61% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 140 fours and 24 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 44.8% of the balls Tillakaratne Dilshan faced were dot balls, a higher share than 95% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 42 balls, and a four every 7.2.
With the ball, 5 wickets in 271 deliveries, at 8.10 runs an over against a league rate of 7.53 for the same seasons: 0.57 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.
The fielding record: 21 catches and 3 run-outs.
At the auction
Tillakaratne Dilshan went under the hammer four times, bought twice and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹2.92 cr (US$650k), paid by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2011. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹1 cr in 2008, ₹2.92 cr by 2011.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Tillakaratne Dilshan made 51 IPL appearances, the last for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Delhi Daredevils | 7 | 104 | 33 | 17.3 | 131.7 | 0/0 | 1 | 3.00 | 1/3 | 5 | ||
| 2009 | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 418 | 67* | 41.8 | 122.6 | 4/0 | 0 | 6.13 | - | 4 | 1 | |
| 2010 | Delhi Daredevils | 6 | 44 | 17 | 7.3 | 83.0 | 0/0 | 3 | 8.57 | 1/7 | 4 | ||
| 2011 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 10 | 226 | 59* | 28.3 | 125.6 | 2/0 | 1 | 9.00 | 1/30 | 1 | ||
| 2012 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 9 | 285 | 76* | 35.6 | 109.2 | 3/0 | 0 | 11.00 | - | 5 | ||
| 2013 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 5 | 76 | 33 | 15.2 | 81.7 | 0/0 | 0 | 10.00 | - | 2 |
Franchise journey
- Delhi Daredevils: 2008 to 2010
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2011 to 2013
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 44.8% |
| Balls per four | 7.2 |
| Balls per six | 42 |
| Dot balls bowled | 29.2% |
| Balls per wicket | 54.2 |
| Catches | 21 |
| Run-outs | 3 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Set F | ₹61 lakh | Sold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹1 cr (US$250k) |
| 2011 | – | ₹1.80 cr | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹2.92 cr (US$650k) |
| 2015 | All-rounder | ₹1.50 cr | Unsold |
| 2016 | All-rounder | ₹1.50 cr | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet