Rain brought early stumps at Old Trafford, and Ali and Stuart Broad will return on Day 4 with a 400-run lead in sight. As it stands, England is still favourite to seal a 3-1 series victory to start the tenure of new captain Joe Root.
Bairstow's brilliant batting and Anderson's important haul at his home ground set England up for a big first-innings lead and in a dominant position in the fourth Test at Old Trafford vs South Africa.
Jadeja achieved the feat while bowling in Sri Lanka's first innings on Day 3 of the second Test in Colombo.
Pattinson's injury is the second blow for Australia's pace attack in less than a day, with Mitchell Starc also ruled out of the tour after failing to recover fully from a long-term foot injury.
In-form Ben Stokes was bowled for 58 by pacer Kagiso Rabada an over before the close at Old Trafford, giving South Africa a late boost against England at the end of Day 1 in the fourth Test at Manchester.
With Pradeep ruled out, Karunaratne, who took 1-31 in the first innings, will have to bowl his gentle medium pace if there is a second India innings.
Ali's dismissal of South Africa's last three batsmen in three balls across two overs handed England a 239-run victory and a 2-1 series lead ahead of Friday's fourth and final test in Manchester.
"We need to find out how we can do better than this moving forward. But having said that, all credit to India for the way they played. They played outstanding cricket in all three departments. They deserve all the credit," says skipper Herath.
Pujara (153) put on a 253-run partnership with Shikhar Dhawan (190) that helped Team India to post a monstrous first innings score of 600 against Sri Lanka in Galle Test.
Pradeep finished with brilliant figures of six for 132 as India amassed 600 in their first innings of the Galle Test.
Shikhar Dhawan was on 31 at the time when his catch was dropped and the opener went on to score 190 off 168 deliveries that swelled India's total to a mammoth 399/9 on Day 1 of Galle Test.
Sri Lanka will miss the services of newly-appointed regular Test skipper Dinesh Chandimal who has been laid low with pneumonia.
In an exclusive video posted by bcci.tv, the Indian cricket team gave the fans an insight into the side’s eating habits like never before.
Team India will take on hosts Sri Lanka in the first Test of the three-match series at the Galle International stadium from July 26.
The left-hander says India will be too good for Sri Lanka on the tour, beginning with the first Test from July 26 in Galle.
Pace bowling legend Chaminda Vaas will replace Champaka Ramanayake as Sri Lanka's bowling coach for India series. Ramanayake resigned after the series against Zimbabwe, citing "personal reasons".
Veteran spinner - Rangana Herath who captained Sri Lanka in four Tests in the 2016-17 season, is likely to lead in Galle Test which starts on 26th July.
For Shastri, it's the island nation is like a second home as he first came here nearly four decades back as gangly 18-year old with the junior team.
The right hander made significant contributions of 54 and 42 while batting at number seven and took three wickets in England's second inning.
None of the England batsmen were able to contribute much in the side's second innings, with former skipper and opener Alastair Cook being the top scorer with 42 runs.
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