Best performances - Batsmen
BKG Mendis
124(114) 18x4 - 0x6
Control %91%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 33 runs
- 6x4 - 0x6
KIC Asalanka
58(68) 9x4 - 0x6
Control %79%
- Productive Shot
- sweep shot
- 13 runs
- 3x4 - 0x6
08/07Result
3rd ODI (D/N), Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka at Kandy, Jul 8 2025
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
285/7 -
![Bangladesh]( "Bangladesh")
186 (39.4/50 ov)
Player of the Match
08/07Result
3rd ODI (D/N), Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka at Kandy, Jul 8 2025
-
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
285/7 -
![Bangladesh]( "Bangladesh")
186 (39.4/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
Partnerships
Sri Lanka - Innings
Bangladesh - Innings
Manhattan
Run rate graph
Worm
Match Coverage
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He also urged the middle order to show more fight after Bangladesh failed to bat out 50 overs in any of the three ODIs
Kusal 124 forms the centrepiece of Sri Lanka's series victory
Asitha Fernando and Dushmantha Chameera picked up three wickets each to bowl Bangladesh out for 186 chasing 286
Parvez 'guilty' of missing a hundred, but eyes 'big innings' in decider against SL
Bangladesh opener hit 67 off 69 balls in the second ODI but wants to "play long innings"
SL batting coach Kandamby: 'Kusal needs to convert starts into hundreds'
"He could have easily gone on to score 150 to 200 runs in the first match," Kandamby said
Rain in the way as Bangladesh look for first ODI series win in Sri Lanka
Both teams will be looking to make the best of the batting-friendly conditions in Pallekele, weather permitting, in the series decider
