Dilscoop: Dilshan has taken one of the most difficult improvised shots Dilscoop in cricket and perfected it to such a degree that it now has his name attached to it.
Sri Lankan right-handed batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan developed this shot during the ICC World Twenty20 2009 in England. He would go on one knee to a good length or slightly short of length delivery off a fast or medium paced bowler and 'scoop' the ball over the head of the wicket keeper. The ball travels straight towards the boundary behind the wicket keeper.
According to Dilshan he started practising this stroke against a bowling machine during his tenure for Delhi Daredevils at the 2009 Indian Premier League (IPL) held in South Africa. According to former Australian captain Ian Chappell he had never seen any batsman play the ball straight over the wicket keeper's head as Dilshan does.