India vs Sri Lanka: 3rd Test, Day 2 - As it happened...

Welcome to our live cricket blog for Day 2 of the 3rd Test between India and Sri Lanka at Colombo. Follow live score and all the latest updates with our ball-by-ball coverage.

India 1st innings

29 August 2015

17:07 PM

Play has been called off in Colombo. Cheteshwar Pujara and Amit Mishra's century stand provided India a strong footing after two day's rain interrupted play.

16:46 PM

It's raining in Colombo. That was the only way how Sri Lanka could have got Pujara back into the dressing room!

16:39 PM

Over 95 | Score 292/8

Mishra was stumped by Perera off Herath's bowling to end the 104-partnership for the 8th wicket. Ishant Sharma is the new man in for India.

Mishra st Perera b Herath 59 (87b)

16:29 PM

Over 91 | Score 282/7

Pujara and Mishra have now put on 102 runs for the 8th wicket. This has been a fantastic rearguard by the the Indians. Sri Lankan bowlers have squandered their early advantage.

16:02 PM

Pujara`s comeback ton lifts India

Cheteshwar Pujara marked his recall with an unbeaten century after Sri Lanka`s Dhammika Prasad ripped through India`s batting in the decisive third and final Test in Colombo on Saturday. 

The tourists, who resumed at 50-2 after a rain-curtailed opening day, moved to 220-7 by tea on the second day at the Sinhalese Sports Club with Pujara holding fort with a watchful 101 not out.

Pujara, who had been dropped for India`s last four Tests across Australia, Bangladesh and the ongoing series, may not have played this match if both regular openers Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan were fit.

But the 27-year-old grabbed the chance to notch up his seventh Test century that has so far included nine boundaries.

Amit Mishra was unbeaten on 24, having put on 40 for the eighth wicket with Pujara.

Prasad went to tea with four wickets in the innings, including two off successive balls on either side of the lunch break that reduced India to 119-5.

Just 15 overs were bowled in the 75 minutes of play possible due to rain on the opening day where India lost two wickets after being sent in to bat on a greenish pitch under overcast conditions.

When play resumed under bright skies on the second day, the tourists were restricted to 22 runs in the first 15 overs by some accurate bowling by the Sri Lankans.

Indian skipper Virat Kohli survived a torrid opening over from Prasad in which he was lucky to escape a loud shout for leg-before off the second ball and was beaten by the final ball of the over.

Kohli added four runs to his overnight score of 14 when Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews, who replaced Prasad at the bowling crease, had his counterpart caught behind by Kusal Perera.

Rohit Sharma added 55 runs for the fourth wicket with Pujara, scoring 26 with three fours and a six before he edged a catch to first slip off Prasad in what became the final delivery of the morning session.

Prasad, who still had one ball to bowl in the over on resumption, trapped Stuart Binny leg-before with the first delivery to open up India`s lower order.

Debutant wicket-keeper Naman Ojha helped Pujara add 54 for the sixth wicket, himself making 21 before he holed out in the deep attempting to smash off-spinner Tharindu Kaushal out of the ground.

Prasad removed Ravichandran Ashwin with the first ball of a new spell, caught behind by Perera for five, but Mishra held his end up till tea. 

The series is locked at 1-1 after Sri Lanka won the opening Test in Galle by 63 runs and India drew level with a 278-run win in the second match at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo on Monday.

15:49 PM

Well played @cheteshwar1 brilliant hundred. Keep it up!

— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) August 29, 2015

15:49 PM

Superb test hundred from Cheteshwar Pujara under very challenging conditions, one to savour! #SLvIND

— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) August 29, 2015

14:36 PM

Over 80 | Score 228/7

Pujara reached the three-figure mark in his comeback Test. What a fabulous innings this has been from the right-hander. Mishra has given him good company.

14:34 PM

Over 71 | Score 208/7

Mishra has come out with an attack-minded mentality. Despite Pujara batting on 95, Mishra is throwing caution to the wind by going for risky shots. He has already notched up 4 boundaries in his 20-run knock so far.

14:20 PM

Over 68 | Score 192/7

Pujara is running out of partners here. Prasad bagged his 4th wicket of the innings as he had Ashwin caught behind. Mishra came out to bat after India lost their 7th wicket.

R Ashwin c Perera b Prasad 5 (14b)

13:56 PM

Over 62 | Score 174/6

After fighting it out during the initial part of his innings, Ojha threw his wicket just when he was looking good. The wicketkeeper-batsman found the fielder at long on with his attempted sweep shot off Kaushal's delivery.

Ojha c Tharanga b Kaushal 21 (54b)

13:14 PM

Over 53 | Score 141/5

Binny departed without troubling the scorers, after being trapped LBW by Prasad. Debutant Ojha and Pujra put on 22 runs for the 6th wicket.

Binny lbw b Prasad 0 (1b)

12:15 PM

Summary

India were 119 for four in their first innings at lunch on the second day of the third and final cricket Test against Sri Lanka.

Brief Scores:

India 1st innings: 119 for 4 in 45.5 overs. (Cheteshwar Pujara 55 batting; Dhammika Prasad 2/32).

12:02 PM

Over 46 | Score 119/4

Pujara got his fifty with a dingle to deep midwicket. However, the first session clearly belonged to Sri Lanka as Prasad dismissed Rohit in the last over before lunch. The right-hander edged a back of length delivery from the pacer to Tharanga in the slips.

Sharma c Tharanga b Prasad 26 (65b)

11:36 AM

Over 41 | Score 103/3

After Kohli's dismissal, Pujara and Rohit steadied the ship for India. The two have put on 39 runs for the 4th wicket. Both are in need to make this opportunity count to cement their place in the side.

10:34 AM

Over 26 | Score 65/3

Rohit Sharma joined Purjara out in the middle after India lost their first wicket of the day in the form of Kohli. The skipper was dismissed as he tentatively poked at a delivery outside off from Mathews. Perera made no mistake behind the stumps in completing the catch.

V Kohli c Perera b Mathews 18 (60b) 

09:52 AM

Over 17 | Score 50/2

Dhammika Prasad and Nuwan Pradeep were on the button in their respective first overs of the day. Kohli and Pujara are struggling to negotiate genuinely good bowling. They need to hang in there.