Tillakaratne Sampath
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Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Nishan Sampath (born June 23, 1982 in Jaffna
, Sri Lanka
) is a Sri Lankan first class cricket
er and brother of Sri Lankan national cricket team player Tillakaratne Dilshan
. Sampath converted from Islam to Buddhism at an early age. He is the brother-in-law of the Sri Lankan teledrama actress Manjula Thilini.
Jaffna
Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna district located on a peninsula of the same name. Jaffna is approximately six miles away from Kandarodai which served as a famous emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical...
, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
) is a Sri Lankan first class cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er and brother of Sri Lankan national cricket team player Tillakaratne Dilshan
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan born October 14, 1976 in Kalutara, Sri Lanka is a Sri Lankan cricketer and captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team since April 2011. He has been a member of the team since November 1999, and was also known as Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan prior to his conversion...
. Sampath converted from Islam to Buddhism at an early age. He is the brother-in-law of the Sri Lankan teledrama actress Manjula Thilini.