1. Tillakaratne Dilshan
Sri Lanka’s opening batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan was an outstanding performance for his country throughout his career. Dilshan was born to a Muslim father and his mother was a Buddhist. Initially, his full name was Tuwan Mohammed Dilshan but he chose to change to Buddhism after his international cricket debut in 1999.
He changed his name to Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan with an ethnic Sinhalese-Buddhist individuality. During his career, he was involved in one infamous incident with Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shahzad who on-field told Dilshan that if he becomes Muslim again he will go to heaven.
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