2nd Test: Sangakkara, Chandimal help Sri Lanka recover
Pair hits centuries against Bangladesh on day two.
Sri Lanka's cricketer Kumar Sangakkara (L) plays a shot as Bangladeshi wicketkeeper and captain Mushfiqur Rahim (R) look on during the second day of their second Test match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at the R. Premadasa Cricket Stadium in Colombo on March 17, 2013. PHOTO: AFP
COLOMBO:
Kumar Sangakkara again relished Bangladesh’s attack as he cracked his third successive century against them to pull Sri Lanka out of trouble in the second and final Test in Colombo.
Dinesh Chandimal (102) also made merry, scoring his second consecutive Test hundred against the tourists as Sri Lanka recovered from 69 for four to reach 294 for six in their first-innings at stumps on the second day in reply to Bangladesh’s 240.
Left-hander Sangakkara (127 not out) registered his 33rd Test hundred and also completed 6,000 runs at home during his 271-ball knock.
Bangladesh, who struck three times in the morning session in the space of 30 runs to put Sri Lanka under pressure, got just two more wickets in the last two sessions as Sangakkara and Chandimal helped the hosts recover.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 18th, 2013.
Kumar Sangakkara again relished Bangladesh’s attack as he cracked his third successive century against them to pull Sri Lanka out of trouble in the second and final Test in Colombo.
Dinesh Chandimal (102) also made merry, scoring his second consecutive Test hundred against the tourists as Sri Lanka recovered from 69 for four to reach 294 for six in their first-innings at stumps on the second day in reply to Bangladesh’s 240.
Left-hander Sangakkara (127 not out) registered his 33rd Test hundred and also completed 6,000 runs at home during his 271-ball knock.
Bangladesh, who struck three times in the morning session in the space of 30 runs to put Sri Lanka under pressure, got just two more wickets in the last two sessions as Sangakkara and Chandimal helped the hosts recover.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 18th, 2013.