Tillakaratne Dilshan and James Hopes: dedicated all rounders – IPL 4
As the Indian Premier League advances and the excitement starts to build with some highly competitive matches, the performance and importance of the dedicated all rounders cannot be overstated.
We will highlight two promising all rounders of the game, Tillakaratne Dilshan is in the squad of Royal Challengers Bangalore and James Hopes is playing for Delhi Daredevils in the IPL.
Tillakaratne Dilshan was born on October 14, 1976 at Kalutara, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758. He is an all rounder who bats right-hand and a right-arm off break bowler with the additional quality of keeping the wickets if required.
He has played for Sri Lanka, Kalutara Town Club, Asia XI, Delhi Daredevils, Banashira South, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Northern-Districts-c825, Bloomfield Cricket, Athletic Club and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Dilshan is an attacking batsman following the footsteps of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virender-Sehwag-c95429, but his technique is different since he directs the ball with his wrist with sheer timing. He is an elegant batsman who opens the innings in the shorter versions of the game and
his bat starts talking once he enters the crease.
He has developed a scoop shot which was named as the Dil scoop and earned him quite a few runs in the 2009 ICC World T20 tournament, as he went on to win the ‘Player of the Tournament’ Award.
Dilshan was promoted to open the innings in 2009 by the Sri Lankan think tank which paid off, as he thrashed 11 international centuries in that year.
He is a useful off spin bowler and can put the brakes on the scoring once introduced in the attack, while taking important wickets as well. Dilshan is a very active fielder especially in the circle.
Dilshan made his debut in T20 playing for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club against Police Sports Club on August 17, 2004 at Colombo, as he grabbed three wickets and his team won by six wickets.
He has taken part in 83 matches, scored 1752 runs at an average of 25.02 runs, best of unbeaten 96 runs with 12 fifties.
Dilshan has secured 18 wickets at an average of 32.83 runs per wicket with the best of 3 for 23 runs.
He is a player who has the ability to win the match single-handed and the Royal Challengers Bangalore will anticipate a major contribution from him in the remaining matches of the IPL 4.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Redfern-Hopes-c66024 was born on October 24, 1978 at Townsville, Australia. He is an all rounder, bowls right-arm medium fast and bats with the right-hand.
He has played for Australia, Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Queensland-c834 and Delhi Daredevils.
Hopes has been playing for the National Youth teams and took a while before he earned his place in the Australian side. He is an agile batsman who is after the runs once he enters the crease and is competent enough to bat at any number in the line-up as
required by the team.
He is a clever medium fast bowler who has the accuracy and sharpness which assists blocking any quick scoring and achieves taking wickets at regular intervals.
Hopes adapted to T20 cricket representing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Auckland-c766.
He has scored 985 runs at an average of 25.25 runs, the best of 71 runs with eight fifties.
Hopes has taken 39 wickets at an average of 34.15 runs per wicket with the best of 3 for 33 runs.
He is a fighter and will definitely let his presence felt in every match he plays for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils in the IPL 4.
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