Sangakkara ton steers SL to 294/4

Sri Lanka were 294 for four wickets in 85.4 overs in the closing session in their first innings on Tuesday, the first day of their second cricket Test against Bangladesh. Kumar Sangakkara was batting on 145 runs which he made from 223 balls while Angelo Mathews was the other not out bat in the crease with 0 run. Dinesh Chandimal was the last batsman out. He made 27 off 38 balls. His 27 was studded with two 4s and one 6. Shakib Al Hasan’s new ball saw Chandimal off. He was out caught by Imrul Kayes at backward point. An earlier eport said Tigers made crucial breakthrough in the third on the first day of the second Test against Lanka with the wicket of Mahela Jayawardene after the visitors dominated the day. The visitors won the toss and choosing to bat in the second Test of the two-Test series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in the port city. State-owned television BTV and private channel Maasranga TV are broadcasting the match live that began at 9:30am. Kumar Sangakkara was the cream of the crop in Lankan batting. Earlier in the day Mahmudullah claimed the important wicket of Mahela Jayawardene as the Lankan bat was out lbw for 72 off 147 balls. Sohag Gazi made the first inroad as he trapped Kaushal Silva lbw after the opener scored a laboured 11 off 46 balls. The other opener, Dimuth Karunaratne, was out caught to Mahmudullah off the bowling of Al-Amin Hossain for 31 off 61 balls. In the first match of the series, Lankans defeated the Tigers by the huge margin of an innings and 248 runs, according to cricinfo.