Galle: India restricted Sri Lanka to 108 for five in their second innings at lunch on the third day of the first Test at the Galle International Cricket Stadium here on Friday.
Starting the day at five for two, Sri Lanka lost Dhammika Prasad (3), veteran Kumar Sangakkara (40) and skipper Angelo Mathews (39).
The hosts still trail India by 84 runs.
Scoreboard at lunch on the third day's play of the first Test between India and Sri Lanka at the Galle International Cricket Stadium here on Friday:
Sri Lanka (first innings) 183
India (first innings) 375
Sri Lanka (second innings) (overnight 5/2)
Dimuth Karunaratne b Ashwin 0
Kaushal Silva b Mishra 0
Dhammika Prasad c Rahane b Aaron 3
Kumar Sangakkara c Rahane b Ashwin 40
Angelo Mathews c Rahul b Mishra 39
Dinesh Chandimal not out 10
Lahiru Thirimanne not out 4
Extras (b 1, w 8, nb 3) 12
Total (five wickets in 30 overs) 108
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Karunaratne, 0.5 overs), 2-1 (Silva, 1.5), 3-5 (Prasad, 4.1), 4-92 (Sangakkara, 24.5), 5-95 (Mathews, 25.6)
Bowling:
Ravichandran Ashwin 12-2-43-2
Amit Mishra 4-1-5-2
Harbhajan Singh 6-0-19-0
Varun Aaron 4-0-24-1
Ishant Sharma 4-0-16-0