Kamindu Mendis followed his captain Dhananjaya de Silva in picking up yet another century as Sri Lanka kept piling on the runs in the first Test in Sylhet against Bangladesh on Sunday.
Mendis was unbeaten on 100 as the visitors reached 338 for seven at Tea, a lead of 430 already. Prabath Jayasuriya was batting alongside him on 13.
This is the second century in the Test for the left-handed Mendis, who had scored 102 in the first innings. De Silva, meanwhile, departed for 108 to a Mehedi Hasan Miraz delivery. He, too, had scored 102 in the first innings.
This is only the third instance in Test cricket history that two batters have registered centuries in both innings of a match.
Greg Chappell and Ian Chappell registered centuries in both innings of a Test match against New Zealand in 1974 while Misbah-ul Haque and Azhar Ali did the same thing against Australia in 2014.
