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Tillakaratne Dilshan,whose innovative batting earned him the Player of the Tournament award in the recently concluded World Twenty20,says opening the innings has provided a late spark in his career.
I feel happy and proud about becoming the player of the series in a World Cup, Dilshan told reporters on returning to Sri Lanka on Wednesday after his team finished runners-up in the tournament.
The past year of my cricketing career has seen a change. I got an opportunity to open the innings and I took maximum advantage of it and was able to make a difference to the team and to my career.
The 32-year-old right-handed batsman has had a mediocre career while batting mostly at No 6 in one-day internationals and Twenty20 games until he was promoted to opener last year. His average in Twenty20 games went from 18.80 runs in six matches as a No 6 to an impressive 54 in eight matches as an opener. His strike rate is 142 runs per 100 balls.
