SPIN sensation Ajantha Mendis picked up three wickets as Sri Lanka closed in on an emphatic win over Bangladesh on the fourth day of the second and final Test in Chittagong yesterday.
Mendis took 3-23 off 10 overs as the host struggled to 62-5 at tea in its second innings after being set a massive 624 to win the match and level the series.
The home side, which made 208 in its first innings, lost its openers with just 22 on the scoreboard.
Mendis triggered the slide when he removed Imrul Kayes (5) in his first over, caught at first slip by skipper Mahela Jayawardene.
Veteran paceman Chaminda Vaas removed Kayes's opening partner Tamim Iqbal (17), having him caught behind, before Mendis returned to dismiss Junaid Siddique and Mohammad Ashraful.
Siddique was trapped leg before wicket while Ashraful edged to wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene after failing to read a googly from the unorthodox spinner.
Raqibul Hasan saw his middle stump uprooted by a reverse-swinging ball from fast bowler Dilhara Fernando and Bangladesh slipped to a precarious 5-52.
Earlier, Tillakaratne Dilshan notched his second century of the match.
Dilshan, 32, hit 14 fours and a six in his sparkling innings of 143 off 175 balls to steer the visiting side to a declaration at 6-447 in its second innings.
Dilshan, who top-scored with 162 in Sri Lanka's first-innings 384, became the fourth Sri Lankan to score two hundreds in a match after Duleep Mendis, Asanka Gurusinha and Aravinda de Silva.
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