Dilshan named player of World Twenty20

LONDON: Sri Lanka batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan was named as the player of the tournament at the World Twenty20 despite being dismissed for nought in the eight-wicket final defeat to Pakistan.

Opening the innings throughout the tournament, Dilshan scored a total of 317 runs at a strike-rate of 144.74 and an average above 52.

He scored three half-centuries in the tournament and his unbeaten 96 in the semifinal against the West Indies was the highest individual total of the tournament.