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India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test, Day 3 – As it happened...

Welcome to our live coverage of Day 3 of third Test between India and Sri Lanka at Pallekele.

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Team India completed a history clean sweep over Sri Lanka, becoming the first ever Indian side to completed as 3-0 series win outside home.

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14 August 2017
14:53 IST

Cheteshwar Pujara: "We've played for IndianOil too, scored many runs together (Ajinkya Rahane). When it comes to preparation, once we've ticked all the boxes, we trust our abilities. I would like to play more county matches, it did help me. When you play county cricket, you get challenging wickets."

Ajinkya Rahane: "Played a wrong shot, played on instinct (first-innings dismissal). When a guy isn't doing well, he (batting coach Sanjay Bangar) takes you out for dinner and gives you positive vibes."

14:34 IST

OVER 74.3 | SCORE  181/10 | Fernando 3

Ravichandran Ashwin picks up his 4th wicket of the innings to bundle Sri Lankan innings. That also seals a historic clean sweep for Virat Kohli and Co as they have never won three back-to-back matches o an overseas tour before.

13:47 IST

OVER 70 | SCORE  168/9 | Fernando 1, Kumara 0

Just one wicket to go! Seamers, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami return to remove Sandakan and Dickwella, respectively. Hosts trail by 184 runs as series clean sweep nears.

13:32 IST

OVER 60 | SCORE  139/7 | Dickwella 21, Sandakan 0

Ashwin strikes again to remove Dilruwan. Sri Lanka 7 down now. Just three more to go for India.

13:32 IST

OVER 57 | SCORE  129/6 | Dickwella 16, Dilruwan 3

Four more wickets to go before Virat Kohli and Co. complete a clean sweep over Sri Lanka for the first time. Seventh wicket alsmost became a relaity in 56th over after Ashwin seemed to have got Perera LBW, but a DRS saved him.

13:11 IST

OVER 51 | SCORE  104/5 | Chandimal 29, Dickwella 0

Kuldeep Yadav brings the breakthrough. Disnesh Chandimal caught by Cheteshwar Pujara at short leg. India finally back on track to seal the series today itself.

12:50 IST

OVER 45 | SCORE  88/4 | Chandimal 29, Mathews 21

That's almost a 50-run partnership for the Lankans, who are frustrating Virat Kohli and Co. with their disciplined approach. Can they survive an entire day today?

11:36 IST

OVER 42 | SCORE  82/4 | Chandimal 26, Mathews 17

LUNCH! While it looked like Sri Lanka would have lost more than half of their team by the time session breaks for lunch, however, Chandimal and Mathews did bat well to not let the Indian bowlers break their parntership.

11:36 IST

OVER 35 | SCORE  73/4 | Chandimal 19, Mathews 15

Virat Kohli introduces Hardik Pandya into the attack as Chandimal, Mathews take caution first approach in attempt to last as long as possible against Indian bolwers.

11:17 IST

OVER 30 | SCORE  61/4 | Chandimal 11, Mathews 11

Chandimal, Mathews look to have got hold of the slide a little. But it will take a lot more effort from the captain and his predecessor to prevent the Lankans from seeing an end to the match today.

10:05 IST

OVER 23 | SCORE  39/4 | Chandimal 0, Mathews 0

Sri Lanka 4 down! Mohammed Shami picks two, while Ravichandran Ashwin claims one as Sri Lanka witness another frefall of wickets.

09:46 IST

OVER 15 | SCORE  26/1 | Pushpakumara 0, Karunaratne 16

Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami begin India's proceedings with the ball on Day 3. Sri Lanka still trail by 327 runs as Indian bowlers start to get into their groove.

09:34 IST

Bowling coach Bharat Arun giving important advice to Hardik Pandya ahead of the start of Day 3.

09:32 IST

Head coach Ravi Shastri in talks with his team. Probably asking them to finish off the job today itself?

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