Thissara, Nuwan deliver relief for SL: 3rd ODI (SSC)

Nuwan Kulasekera (4-37) guided Sri Lanka to 70-run win against Bangladesh to break a bad trot and level the ODI series 1-1.

Suranga Lakmal, Dilruwan Perera, Seekkuge Prasanna chipped in with two wickets each as Bangladesh were bowled out for 215 runs in 44.3 overs.

Earlier, Sri Lanka started strongly and looked good for a score over 300 until another series of curious batting implosions left them struggling. They posted 280/9 thanks to Kusal Mendis (54) and Thisara Perera (52).

Sri Lanka 280 for 9 (Kusal 54, Thisara 52, Mortaza 3-65) beat Bangladesh 210 (Shakib 54, Mehedi 51, Kulasekara 4-37) by 70 runs.

April 2017