Centurions Dilshan, Sangakkara thrash Bangladesh


  • Cricket
  • Thursday, 26 Feb 2015

Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan (R) reacts after scoring his 150 runs alongside team mate Kumar Sangakkara during their Cricket World Cup match against Bangladesh at the MCG in Melbourne, February 26, 2015. REUTERS/Brandon Malone

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Sri Lanka veterans Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara smashed imperious centuries to punish a wasteful Bangladesh and set up an emphatic 92-run win in their World Cup clash in Melbourne on Thursday.

Dilshan blasted 161 and Sangakkara 105 as the evergreen pair combined for an unbeaten 210-run stand to fire Sri Lanka to an imposing 332-1 in front of a boisterous crowd of 30,000 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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