Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 2017: 3rd ODI, 5 talking points

#1 Sri Lanka put in a complete bowling performance

Sri Lanka put in a memorable bowling performance

If Graham Ford wanted anything before this ODI series, it was a disciplined, well-oiled performance from his bowlers. That did not happen in the first ODI as Bangladesh milked all their bowlers to race to a 300+ score. Sri Lanka never got to bowl in the second outing and came to Colombo needing to put in a confidence boosting show with the ball.

The experienced hands of Nuwan Kulasekara led the attack and showed the way with two early wickets. Lakmal chipped in with the vital wicket of Mushfiqur Rahim before Dilruwan Perera snapped the Bangladesh chase with twin strikes separated by some smart bowling from Seekkuge Prasanna to get rid of Mossadek Hossain. Kulasekara took two more at the end to finish with four in the game.

It was a truly remarkable turnaround from the carting dished out to them in the opening ODI. There was some sharp fielding to aid the super performance with the ball that would give the Lankans a huge dose of confidence going into the Champions Trophy in England.