Opening batsmen Dilshan and Upul Tharanga shared a competition-record first-wicket stand of 282 as Sri Lanka made 327-6 in front of a home crowd at the Pallekele stadium in Kandy . Sri Lanka first team to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Cricket World Cup . Co - hosts defeated minnows Zimbabwe by 100 runs in front of home crowd in Kandy . Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga both score centuries and share a record partnership of 282 . He also takes four wickets for just four runs as Zimbabwe all out for 188 .
Sri Lanka first team to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Cricket World Cup . Co - hosts defeated minnows Zimbabwe by 100 runs in front of home crowd in Kandy . Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga both score centuries and share a record partnership of 282 . He also takes four wickets for just four runs as Zimbabwe all out for 188 .