SL VS BAN - 3rd ODI, Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2017

The ODI trophy is shared by both captains as the light continues to sink rapidly in Colombo. It's been such a highly competitive tour so far, expect no less in the two T20Is. The first one begins on Tuesday. Join us then. Until that time, it's a goodbye from Sagar Chawla, Krishna, Pradeep and our scorer Venky!

Tharanga: The way guys played today is really amazing. We lost momentum after those two run-outs but Thisara batted well. He can hit the ball hard and he played well today.

Mortaza: Not really, we've been upto the mark [when asked if he would have batted first]. Yes, we lost this match in the first 10 overs of both innings. 280 was gettable. We lost too many wickets early. After that, Shakib and Sarkar had a good partnership but they could not go through. There wasn't much pressure of a 1-0 lead.

Kusal Mendis is Man of the Series

Thisara Perera is Man of the Match

Perera: Im really happy with my batting. I've done a lot of hard work. After six months I'm making a comeback to the team. I've done really well in practice sessions.

Thisara Perera is Man of the Match

Time for the presentations.

18:01 Local Time, 12:31 GMT, 18:01 IST: Sri Lanka level the series and also end their winless run of 7 matches in ODIs. They were the hungrier team today, right from the start of the match when Tharanga and Gunathilaka delivered a brisk start. Bangladesh clawed back in during the middle stages but Thisara Perera's fifty ensured a very competitive total of 280. That total started to look very big as Bangladesh were reduced to 11/3 with Kulasekara and Lakmal bowling splendidly well. Shakib and Sarkar entertained a brief counter-attack but once that was quelled, there was a flurry of wickets. Dilruwan Perera and Seekuge Prasanna found enough turn in the pitch to be brave enough to toss it up and wrecked Bangladesh's hopes. The match was killed halfway during the chase. Mehedi Hasan impressed lower down but it was always going to be in a losing cause. With this, Sri Lanka preserve the record of never losing an ODI series to Bangladesh.

Kulasekara to Taskin Ahmed, out Caught by Gunaratne!! That's it. The series ends level at 1-1 as Sri Lanka complete a 70-run win. Taskin wants to launch a full ball down the ground but miscues it in front of long-on where Gunaratne takes a well judged catch on the move. Taskin Ahmed c Gunaratne b Kulasekara 14(27) [4s-1]

Kulasekara to Taskin Ahmed, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Kulasekara to Mustafizur, 1 run, flat-footed drive through cover-point

Mustafizur Rahman, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Kulasekara to Mehedi Hasan, out Caught by Tharanga!! The ninth wicket partnership finally comes to an end. It's a slow, dipping full toss outside off which makes Mehedi reach out. He tries carving it inside out but instead, slices it up straight to extra-cover. Impressive knock from him though. Mehedi Hasan c Tharanga b Kulasekara 51(71) [4s-6]

Kulasekara to Mehedi Hasan, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Nuwan Kulasekara [7.0-0-36-2] is back into the attack

Gunaratne to Taskin Ahmed, no run, off-cutter on a full length at the stumps, Taskin clears his front leg and punches to cover

Gunaratne to Mehedi Hasan, 1 run, drags the pull from well outside off and hits it to long-on

Gunaratne to Taskin Ahmed, 1 run, lobs it off a thick leading edge but the ball falls well short of long-on

Gunaratne to Mehedi Hasan, 1 run, clips this down to long-on and brings up a maiden ODI fifty. He is only the third Bangladesh player to make a half-century is his first ODI innings