Sri Lankan cricketer Dimuth Karunaratne plays a shot during the third day of their third and final Test cricket match between Sri Lanka and India at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) in Colombo on August 30, 2015. PHOTO: AFP
Debutant Kusal Perera top-scored with 55 and Rangana Herath made 49, with the last four wickets adding 154 runs after the hosts were reduced to 47-6.
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Indian cricketer Stuart Binny celebrates after he dismissed Sri Lankan cricketer Dinesh Chandimal (L) during the third day of their third and final Test cricket match between Sri Lanka and India at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) in Colombo on August 30, 2015. PHOTO: AFPSeamer Ishant Sharma finished with 5-54 to help India take a lead of 111 runs.
Earlier, Indian opener Cheteshwar Pujara carried his bat with an unbeaten 145 as the tourists added 20 to their overnight score of 292-8 before being dismissed 25 minutes after play began.
Sri Lanka won the opening Test in Galle by 63 runs and India drew level with a 278-run victory in the second match at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo last Monday.
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