Happy b'day Hashan Tillakaratne: 1st man to score an ODI ton at No. 7

He has played 83 Tests and 200 ODIs and scored 4545 and 3789 runs respectively. He also has 25 ODI and 141 Test wickets under his name/ Photo Courtesy: Twitter

Currently, he is serving as the head coach of Sri Lanka U-19 team/ Photo Courtesy: Twitter

Tillakaratne batted in all positions from No. 1 to 10/ Photo Courtesy: Twitter

Also bowled with both left &right arm in a World Cup match/ Photo Courtesy: Twitter

He was also a part of the team which won the World Cup in 1996/ Photo Courtesy: Twitter

Tillakaratne still has the highest ODI score for Sri Lanka when batting at No. 7 position/ Photo Courtesy: Twitter

Tillakaratne is the first batsman to score a century at number seven in an ODI/ Photo Courtesy: Twitter

He reached the feat in 1995, in an ODI against West Indies at Sharjah/ Photo Courtesy: Twitter

He remains the only Sri Lankan to have scored an ODI century when batting at number 7 position/ Photo Courtesy: Twitter

Former Sri Lankan Test captain, Hashan Tillakaratne turns 40 today/ Photo Courtesy: Twitter

On his 40th birthday, let’s have a look at some of his interesting facts/ Photo Courtesy: Twitter