Centurions Dilshan, Sangakkara hammer Bangladesh

Seasoned campaigners Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara struck dazzling centuries to punish a woeful Bangladesh and set up a resounding 92-run win for Sri Lanka in their World Cup clash in Melbourne on Thursday.

Seasoned campaigners Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara struck dazzling centuries to punish a woeful Bangladesh and set up a resounding 92-run win for Sri Lanka 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. Appalling in the field, Bangladesh's middle and lower order grafted hard but were set a mission impossible after a top order collapse that saw them slump to 100-5 after 20 overs. Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga captured the final two wickets in consecutive balls as Bangladesh were dismissed for 240 with three overs to spare. Though master batsman Sangakkara was dropped twice in his aggressive 76-ball knock, 38-year-old Dilshan was virtually flawless as he enjoyed a welcome return to form after scoring 24 and a duck in the team's opening matches against New Zealand and Afghanistan respectively.