Dilshan at the crease evokes nail-biting
Sharm DE ALWIS
He has had more loves in his life than strokes in his cricketing
armoury. He has epitomized the essence of cowboy country cricket within
the realms of the sport. He is for the rodeo. Given a bucking horse
he'll ride to impress the thousands in the arena.
Dilshan at the crease evokes nail biting in us, spectators. Will he
punch that delivery for a four? If he does, we sit back and relax and
expect caviar and champagne at the recess.
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Then only we know that the man within him has arrived.
He will then continue to give a sterling performance of batsmanship
in Limited Overs that we have lost sight of since Jayasuriya went out
unceremoniously when all were asking why is he not going unlike when
Aravinda stopped in his tracks and we asked why is he going?
In today's cricket scenario Dilshan is the best fielder we have even
though shades behind Roshan Mahanama who was almost a mercurial Jonty
Rhodes.
As a part time bowler he has turned his arm over and snared the
important wicket - even as an opening bowler.
As a batsman he has kept our hopes alive and has also dashed them
into hopelessness with an 'inarticulate' stroke.
But with many gods to help him along, he survives the stroke of
destiny. And he continues to live a charmed life. Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan
before conversion to Buddhism, he has been the Best Performer in the
2009 Twenty20 Internationals for his 96 in 57 balls against the West
Indies in the semi-finals.
He has also bagged the Man of the Match award on several occasions
and we wish him well for the country's sake. |
