Sri Lanka 263/6 at tea on Day 3, lead India by 71 runs

Sri Lanka were 263 for six in their second innings, leading India by 71 runs runs at tea on the third day of the first cricket Test here today.

Brief Scores:

Sri Lanka 1st innings: 183 all out and 263/6 in 58 overs (Dinesh Chandimal 98 not out, Lahiru Thirimanne 44, Jehan Mubarak 23 not out; Amit Mishra 2-54, Ravichandran Ashwin 3-87).

India 1st innings: India 375 in 117.4 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 134, Virat Kohli 103, N Pradeep 3/98).