Sri Lanka concede 111-run lead to India
The hosts slipped to 11-2 before going to lunch on the third day at the Sinhalese Sports Club on a shaky 47-5
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
COLOMBO:
Sri Lanka, replying to India's first innings total of 312, were all out for 201 after tea on the third day of the decisive final Test in Colombo on Sunday.
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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Seamer 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.
Sri Lanka, replying to India's first innings total of 312, were all out for 201 after tea on the third day of the decisive final Test in Colombo on Sunday.
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.
Read: Pujara's comeback ton lifts India against Sri Lanka
Seamer 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.