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#3 Tillakaratne Dilshan
Tillakaratne Dilshan was known to be as one of the most dangerous opening batsmen in the cricketing world at his peak and also known as the founder of the 'Dilscoop'. Dilshan had an impressive 2015 which saw him as one of the leading run scorers of the World Cup where he amassed 395 runs at an average of 65.83. Dilshan scored 2 centuries and one 50 in 7 matches out of which his best performance came against Bangladesh in a Pool A game in Melbourne where the Sri Lankans won the toss and elected to bat first.
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The Sri Lankan innings was opened by Dilshan and Thirimanne who got Sri Lanka off to a flier to put on 122 for the first wicket as Thirimanne departed for 52 off 78 runs. Dilshan, on the other hand, looked in a menacing mood as he hammered the Bangladeshi bowlers all around the stadium as Sangakkara and he took Sri Lanka to 332 runs at the end of their 50 overs. Dilshan remained unbeaten on 161 off 146 balls whereas Sangakkara scored 105 off 76 balls. Sri Lankan won the match convincingly by a margin of 92 runs.
Dilshan retired at the end of the T20 series against the Aussies as the Sri Lankan side looked to build a team for the 2019 World Cup.
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