SL 289-8 (77 ovs) vs India 600 | Scorecard

Sri Lanka are 289 for eight in 77 overs at the lunch break on Day 3, still needing another 111 runs to avoid the follow-on. With Asila Gunaratne ruled out of the Test with injury, India need just one more wicket to finish off the Sri Lankan innings.

India had another productive session, claiming three wickets for 135 runs in 33 overs.

Dilruwan Perera kept Sri Lanka afloat with an attacking innings of 90, having hit 10 fours and four sixes in his 126-ball knock.

His 62-run stand for the sixth wicket with Angelo Mathews, who made 83, was instrumental in Sri Lanka providing some resistance in the morning session.

Jadeja bowled a good spell in the morning for overall figures of two for 67 as he took the wickets of Mathews and Herath, while Pandya picked up the other wicket to fall in the session, that of Nuwan Pradeep.