Sangakkara could have gone in the second ball on 0, when he edged an away-going Irfan delivery just past second slip. He should have gone off Umesh Yadav's second ball, in the eleventh over, when he slashed between MS Dhoni and wide slip, but the wicketkeeper did not go for the catch.
Sangakkara struggled to accelerate his bat during the middle of his innings, but he kept Sri Lanka going, even as his team-mates kept falling. No one from No. 1 to No. 7, barring Sangakkara, managed more than 28, falling to the pressure of the asking rate.
Sangakkara's century gave the crowd on the twin grass banks an opportunity to blow their horns louder.....
12 сен 2024
