Tillekeratne Dilshan who was appointed captain of the Sri Lanka cricket team in all formats of the game suddenly flew to attend a press conference and returned to India to participate in the Indian Premier League, Franchise The Royal Challengers ,Bangalore and he opened batting with Chris Gayle against the Kolkata Knight Riders .Incidentally in this match concluded on 22nd the pair shared a century partnership helping the RCB to win convincingly by 9 wickets..