Dilshan ton leads Sri Lanka to comfortable win

Tillakaratne Dilshan continued his good run of form and scored a century against Bangladesh, helping the Islanders seal a comfortable win in the opener.

Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by seven wickets in the opening match of the triangular series to gain an early advantage.

Bangladesh got off to a solid start after being put into bat. Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes added 49 runs in the Quick Start overs before going on to share a 65 run opening stand. But things went horribly wrong in the Bowling Power Play as the host lost four wickets in a space of just nine runs. Mohammad Ashraful led their comeback as he shared partnerships with Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah on his way to 75 off 94 balls which also helped Bangladesh get past the 200 run mark. Their total was given a late boost in the Extreme Performance overs by Naeem Islam, who scored 22 runs off just nine balls, taking them to 260 for seven at the end of their 50 overs.

Sri Lanka got off to a blazing start in their run chase and raced away to 81 at the end of the first Power Play, having lost the only wicket of Upul Tharanga. Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara took the game away from the hosts with a 147 run stand for the second wicket which came off just 152 balls. Dilshan went on to get his first ever ODI century against Bangladesh before losing his wicket in the 42nd over. They eventually got to the 261 run target in just 44.5 overs.

Tillakaratne Dilshan was rightly adjudged Man of the Match for his 104 off just 122 balls with a Batting Momentum of 130.