Lahiru Thirimanne and Angelo Mathews began the day solidly, as the India bowlers struggled to find a way through AFP
The pair brought up a century stand, and went to lunch unscathed, adding 84 in 28 overs as Sri Lanka clawed their way back into the match AFP
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Ishant Sharma prised out Thirimanne just after lunch, as he was given out caught behind - a decision which did not impress him AFP
Mathews steadily made his way towards his sixth Test century AFP
He reached the landmark off 164 balls but soon fell for 102 to Stuart Binny AFP
Mishra combined with Ashwin to clean up the tail dismissing Sri Lanka for 306 AFP
Dhammika Prasad struck early for Sri Lanka, pegging back KL Rahul's off stump and reducing India to 3 for 1 AFP
However, M Vijay and Ajinkya Rahane put on an unbroken 67-run stand that gave India firm control of the game with a 157-run lead at stumps on day three AFP
