With one match to go, the Tigers who are trailing by 2-0, had only the solace of denying the second-ranked team in the world from bowling them out in successive matches.

But skipper Habibul Bashar was not happy at all at their fielding efforts.

"I'm not too happy with the fielding again. I expected a lot better and it is not acceptable from such a young side. We have dropped a very important catch as well as commit a number of misfields in the outfield," Bashar said at the Premadasa Stadium after their second match.

Bangladesh performed poorly in the field during their only practice match which was followed by four dropped catches, missing stumping and run out chances in the first ODI.

Bashar, who fielded first for the second time, mentioned that the conditions forced him to change plans in the morning.

"We planned to bat first but when we came to the ground, we found the wicket wet because of heavy overnight rain," he said.

"Sri Lanka really played well today. Their batsmen and bowlers both dominated. We must give them credit. They played a planned innings, we just failed to stop the runs.

"Anything can happen in the first 20 overs but actually, they did the damage in the last 30 overs today. Still we should have had restricted them from reaching 295.

"In our previous match, we lost too many wickets early in the innings. Today we had wickets in hand and a hope to do something. But we failed to force the singles and doubles in the middle. We gave a number of dot balls after 20-25 overs.

Bashar blamed the set batsmen for giving too many dot balls saying that 'it is a crime'.

When asked whether dropping man-of-the-match Upul Tharanga led the opposition to score near 300 runs, Bashar though they were unfortunate.

"Just dropping one can't make all the differences. I think luck is not favouring us," he added.

"A team like Sri Lanka will definitely take advantage of such a situation. We need to take the half chances but we are not even availing the full chances.

The surprised skipper said that he found no reason behind constant poor fielding.

"We are trying hard but we have lost consistency as a fielding side. I am surprised.

"Our batting was better today than the first match. We could have reached 260 but to win matches, we need to click in all departments.

"When we were set a daunting total, our initial plan was to play and see how far we can go. We also sent in Rafique early to give the innings a tempo but we never got it.

"We wanted to use the third powerplay and gambled by sending Rafique when Upul Chandana was bowling. He is a hard-hitter and that is why I came later," he said in reply to a question.