imageCOLOMBO: Sri Lanka, replying to India's first innings score of 312, were struggling at 47-5 at lunch on the third day of the decisive final Test in Colombo on Sunday.

Ishant Sharma and Stuart Binny picked up two wickets each.

Earlier, Indian opener Cheteshwar Pujara carried his bat with an unbeaten 145 as the tourists added 20 runs to their overnight score of 292-8 before being dismissed 25 minutes after the start of the day's play.

Fast bowler Dhammika Prasad finished with four wickets and left-arm spinner Rangana Herath took three.

The series is locked at 1-1 after Sri Lanka won the opening Test in Galle by 63 runs and India drew level with a 278-run win in the second match at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo last Monday.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2015

Comments

Comments are closed.