Sri Lanka have been unable to maintain their dominance against New Zealand, as they lost the first match badly and they also lost the second match badly. Sri Lanka's ODI series against New Zealand has not been good, except for the second ODI, where they lost by a huge margin of 113 runs. There is no improvement in the batting and bowling of Sri Lanka, due to which they are not able to play a thrilling match with their opponent. The bowling performance and batting performance of New Zealand was very good, but nothing was right from Sri Lanka. Since Sri Lanka lost both the two ODI matches, they lost the series, as the next match is very important for them, so Sri Lanka must improve their game to win the third match. If Sri Lanka wants to maintain their dominance, then the third match against New Zealand must be the one, otherwise they will be whitewashed in the ODI series.
Sri Lanka are losing every match against New Zealand so how will they dominate against New Zealand.. Sri Lanka only won two warm-up matches and one T20 match against New Zealand, After that, they were unable to win a single match against New Zealand. Earlier when Sri Lanka lost the first match and the second match of the T20 series against New Zealand we thought that maybe they will be whitewashed in the T20 series but they won the third match, As a result, they were not whitewashed in that series. We are seeing similar performance from them in ODI series also i.e. they lost in first ODI and also lost in second ODI so maybe they will be able to win in third ODI against New Zealand.
Sri Lanka were bowled out for just 177 runs in the first ODI due to their poor batting. Maybe I thought that in the second ODI match, the batsmen of the Sri Lankan team would bat responsibly. But again, the Sri Lankan batsmen could not bat responsibly. In the second ODI match, the Sri Lankan batsmen could not bat responsibly and the Sri Lankan team was bowled out for only 142 runs, which is very embarrassing for the Sri Lankan team. The way Sri Lankan team is performing in the ODI match is really disappointing if their performance continues like this then there is a high possibility of a whitewash in the ODI match. But as cricket is a game of uncertainty if the Sri Lankan batsmen can bat responsibly in the third ODI match then maybe the third ODI match Sri Lankan team can win.