Sri Lanka put on a clinical show with both bat and ball to register a 122-run win in the third and final ODI of the 🦹series and complete a clean sweep over Bangladesh♚ in Colombo on Wednesday.
Former skipper Angelo Mathews scored 87 runs off 90 balls, guiding the side to 294-8 before Dasun Shanaka backed his 30 off 14 wit🍌h three wickets for 27 runs t🉐o complete the route.
Soumya Sarkar hit the only half-century for Bangladesh, 69 off 86 balls, but it gave no trouble to the hosts as the visitors were bundled out for a mere 1𝓰72.
Kasun Rajitha (2-1꧙7) and Lahiru Kumara (2-26) supported Shanaka with the b♎all to complete the victory in 36 overs.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
CHAMPIONS! 💪🇱🇰
Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh to seal 3-0 OD♒I series white𝄹wash!— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC)
Congratulations boys 🦁👌. Very well led by Ayya ✤job wel done 💪. Excellent Team work. 🌈🌈🌈
— Niroshan Dickwella (@NiroshanDikka)
Finally long waited series win with white wash against mighty Bangla♔desh.. good to see seniors𓆏 starts to shine in the middle what we lost this rhythm last couple of years. Hope back to the winning journey.
— ™® (@Rishard2u)
Sri Lanka Scoring something close to 300
Bangladesh Getting Bowled out under 200
That Was My Childhood 😍😍
Thank🃏 you SL for Bringing back🐲 our Childhood Memories once again— DAMZ 😷 (@Je_suis_Damz)
💯Bangladesh have lost 14 of their last 17 away ODIs without Shakib Al Hasan in the side.
— ᴚ∀SHƎᗭ (রাশেদ) 🇧🇩 (@RASHED_HYNESS)
No Shakib, no Liton, no Saifuddin. 😐
Result 3-0— Kawser Ahmed Shishir (@shishirkawser)
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Tough time ahead for Shakiꩵb Al Hasan when he becomes the captain after Mashrafe’s retirement. Not easy for one Tiger to l𓆉ead a bunch of donkeys.
— Asif Ferdous (@aasifferdous)
Pic 1. Bangladesh with Shakib.
Pic 2. Bangladesh without Shakib.
— TUSHAR 🏏 (@mainlycricket)
Both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh pulled♏ themselves back to 200🎃0s.
— Bala Ramana 🏏 (@ramana475)
