Sri Lanka beats Bangladesh by 92 runs

MELBOURNE (APP) – Sri Lanka has defeated Bangladesh by 92 runs in their Poll A match during the ongoing cricket world 2015 in Melbourne Cricket Ground on Thursday.

Sri Lanka, while batting first,  scored 332 for one after electing to bat.

Tillakaratne Dilshan remained unbeaten with 161 after an opening stand of 122 with Lahiru Thirimanne (52) while Kumar Sangakkara hit 105 not out in his 400th one-day international.

Dilshan and Sangakkara added an unbroken 210 runs for the second wicket.

Bangladesh failed to chase the target of 333 runs and collapsed at 240 runs in 47 overs.

Shabbir Rehman was the top batsman of Bangladesh to score 53 runs.

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