One-all and all to play for at Pallekele

SL v BD third and final ODI today

- By Sa'adi Thawfeeq

BY losing the second ODI, Sri Lanka has brought undue pressure on themselves to win the third and final ODI at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium against Bangladesh today to take the three-match series which currently stands at one-all.

Bangladesh has not won an ODI series in Sri Lanka and following their win in the second ODI will fancy their chances. It was poor batting on the part of Sri Lanka that left the door ajar for Bangladesh to creep in. Following Sri Lanka’s 77-run win in the first ODI, Bangladesh won the second by 16 runs.

“We are not putting pressure on ourselves by thinking of the series. We are looking at the processes. We know we are on the good side. We have to follow the process and if we do that, I don’t think the opposition can match us,” said Sri Lanka team batting coach Thilina Kandamby at the prematch media conference.