For New Zealand
New Zealand won the ODI Series by a whopping margin of 3-0. Ross Taylor continued his classy form as he scored 281 runs which included 1 century and 2 half centuries. Ross Taylor was the pillar of New Zealand’s batting line up throughout the ODI Series. Henry Nicholls also made vital contributions as he scored 171 runs which included 1 Century and the way he batted he made sure that New Zealand’s lower batting line up can add invaluable contributions. The batting department of New Zealand looks a lot settled as in the middle order of New Zealand there is Ross Taylor who always takes the team out of the trouble as he rotates the strike on a consistent basis and finds an odd boundary which is nothing but ice on the cake for the team.
In the bowling department of New Zealand Ish Sodhi was the leading wicket taker of the ODI Series as he took 8 scalps. Lockie Ferguson and the flamboyant allrounder James Neesham both the fast bowlers took 6 wickets each. James Neesham has now given happy headaches to the selectors as he is playing breezy cameos and at the same time picking up wickets because new Zealand have more all-rounder present in the form of Corey Anderson and Colin De Grandhomme.
For Sri lanka
Sri Lanka lost the ODI Series against New Zealand by 3-0. In this ODI Series Sri Lanka’s selectors gave the captaincy to the veteran fast bowler Lasith Malinga and earlier Dinesh Chandimal was the ODI Skipper for Sri Lanka VS England ODI Series. Thisara Perera was the leading run scorer for Sri Lanka as he scored 224 runs which included 1 century and 1 half century and he almost won the game for Sri Lanka in the 2nd ODI single handedly but he didn’t got any kind of support from the other batsman. Kusal Perera the dashing batsman scored 149 runs which included 1 century but he wasn’t consistent. Sri Lanka lost this ODI Series because their middle order was weak and the openers were also not giving the team a decent start which was the difference from the 2 teams.
In the bowling department of Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga was the alone and noticeable wicket taking bowler as he took 7 wickets but didn’t have any support from his team mates. All the Sri Lanka’s bowlers were taken to the cleaners by New Zealand’s batting line up and Sri Lanka’s batsman weren’t following the basics at all due to which New Zealand were able to post humongous totals on the board. With the world cup being around the corner Sri Lanka don’t know who is the team’s best player to lead the team.
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