Sri Lanka reach 298/7 at tea on third day

Colombo: Even though skipper Angelo Mathews (102) got to his century, the post-lunch session belonged to India as they took four quick wickets to have Sri Lanka at 298/7 at tea on the third day of the second cricket Test here on Saturday.

Middle-order bat Jehan Mubarak and Rangana Herath remained unbeaten on 20 and 1 respectively while for India, fast bowler Ishant Sharma and leg-spinner Amit Mishra claimed two wickets each. Sri Lanka are 95 runs behind the visitors with three wickets in hand.

India (first innings) 393

Sri Lanka (first innings) (overnight 140/3)
Dimuth Karunaratne lbw b Yadav 1
Kaushal Silva c Ashwin b Mishra 51
Kumar Sangakkara c Rahane b Ashwin 32
Lahiru Thirimanne c Saha b I Sharma 62
Angelo Mathews c Vijay b Binny 102
Dinesh Chandimal c Rahul b Ishant Sharma 11
Jehan Mubarak not out 20
Dhammika Prasad c Rahane b Mishra 5
Rangana Herath not out 1

Extras (b 2, lb 6 , nb 5) 13
Total (seven wickets in 103 overs) 298

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Karunaratne, 1.1 overs), 2-75 (Sangakkara), 3-114 (Silva, 43.4), 4-241 (Thirimanne, 84.5), 5-259 (Chandimal, 90.4), 6-284 (Mathews, 98.1), 7-289 (Prasad, 99.3)

Bowling:

Ishant Sharma 20-2-68-2
Umesh Yadav 19-5-67-1
Stuart Binny 18-4-44-1
Ravichandran Ashwin 28-2-76-1
Amit Mishra 18-2-35-2