DHAKA, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Upul Tharanga and Mahela Jayawardene struck centuries as Sri Lanka romped to a nine-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the tri-series one-day tournament in Dhaka yesterday.

Tharanga was unbeaten on 118 off 126 balls, smacking 18 fours for his eighth ODI century, while Jayawardene made 108 off 117 balls to help Sri Lanka race past Bangladesh’s modest 249 for nine with more than seven overs to spare.

Former skipper Jayawardene was first to reach his hundred with a boundary through cover point and was finally caught by wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim off spinner Naeem Islam.

Jayawardene, who joined the squad after Tillakaratne Dilshan suffered a groin injury, clubbed 13 fours for his 12th one-day century.

Tharanga and Jayawardene shared 215 runs in the opening stand.

Thisara Perera, Suraj Randiv and Nuwan Kulasakera grabbed two wickets apiece to dent Bangladesh.

Skipper Shakib Al Hasan top-scored with 47 while Roqibul Hasan and Imrul Kayes chipped in with 43 and 42 respectively.

Bangladesh took their batting powerplay in the 43rd over with 199 runs for four wickets on the board but added only 32 runs and lost five wickets in the following five overs.
Sri Lanka will face India in their next match tomorrow.

BANGLADESH innings
T. Iqbal lbw b Randiv 21
I. Kayes lbw b Perera 42
M. Ashraful run-out 13
R. Hasan c Randiv b Perera 43
S. Hasan c Tharanga b Thushara 47
M. Rahim c Bandara b Randiv 32
Mahmudullah not out 24
N. Islam b Kulasekara 5
A. Razzak run-out 1
R. Hossain c Sangakkara b Kulasekara 0
S. Rasel not out 7
Extras: (b-1, w-13) 14
Total: (nine wickets, 50 overs) 249
Fall of wickets: 1-44, 2-73, 3-88, 4-165, 5-199, 6-211, 7-223, 8-227, 9-231.
Bowling: Kulasekara 10-1-48-2 (w-2), Tushara 9-0-67-1 (w-5), Randiv 10-0-40-2, Perera 10-0-32-2 (w-1), Bandara 10-0-44-0 (w-1), Samaraweera 1-0-17-0.

SRI LANKA innings
U. Tharanga not out 118
M. Jayawardene c Rahim b Naeem 108
K. Sangakkara not out 17
Extras (lb-1 w-8) 9
Total: (one wicket, 42.5 overs) 252
Fall of wicket: 1-215
Bowling: Rasel 6-0-37-0, Rubel 8-0-59-0 (w-1), Naeem 5-0-35-1 (w-1), Shakib 8-2-27-0 (w-1), Mahmudullah 2-0-16-0, Razzak 8-0-41-0 (w-4), Ashraful 5-0-29-0, Tamim 0.5-0-7-0 (w-1).