LUNCH - DAY 1

SL 1st inns: 65-5 (23 ovs) vs Ind | Scorecard

Mishra starts his new over once again with a short ball but not much damage as Mathews picks two runs to deep midwicket.

Two balls later he bowls it wide as Mathews cuts it behind point for three runs to take his score to 25 from 29 balls.

Ashwin continues his wicket ways from the other end. Mubarak falls for a duck caught by Rahul at short leg as Sri Lanka slip to 60 for five in the 22nd over.

New batsman Dinesh Chandimal decides to take the attack to Ashwin as he sweeps the second ball he faces square on the leg side for a four followed by a single from the last ball.

Mishra bowls a maiden to Chandimal, getting the ball to grip and turn big, in what turns out to be the final over the morning session.

At lunch on the opening day, Sri Lanka are 65 for five in 23 overs. Mathews has been the lone batsman from Sri Lanka to offer some resistance, as he played a positive innings of 26 not out from 30 balls, while Chandimal was not out on five.

The star of the session was India's off-spinner Ashwin, who took three wickets for 15 runs in six overs, including the prized scalp of Sangakkara.