Sri Lanka fight back but India on top

India are 3-21 in their second innings at stumps on the third day of the final Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo, an overall lead of 132 runs.

Skipper Virat Kohli is on 1 and Rohit Sharma on 14 after the tourists were reduced to 3-7 by the sixth over.

Indian opener Cheteshwar Pujara fell for a duck, Lokesh Rahul was out for 2 and Ajinkya Rahane was trapped lbw for 4.

India made 312 in their first innings and Sri Lanka replied with 201 on a day in which 15 wickets fell at the Sinhalese Sports Club.

Debutant Kusal Perera top-scored with 55 and Rangana Herath made 49, with the last four wickets adding 154 runs after the hosts were reduced to 6-47.

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Ishant Sharma stares down Rangana Herath during his crucial innings // Getty

Seamer Ishant Sharma finished with 5-54 to help India take a first-innings lead of 111 runs.

Ishant had put his team in the driving seat by getting movement off the pitch with the new ball to ruin Sri Lanka's top order.

The lanky quick had Upul Tharanga (4) caught at slip by Rahul and after Umesh Yadav removed Kaushal Silva and Stuart Binny dismissed Dinesh Chandimal for 23 - the latter via an incorrect LBW decision - Ishant returned to get captain Angelo Mathews (1) edging behind with his first ball of a new spell.

He then removed Lahiru Thirimanne straight after lunch to leave the home side in danger of following on.

Earlier, Pujara carried his bat with an unbeaten 145 as the tourists added 20 to their overnight score of 8-292 before being dismissed 25 minutes after play began.

Sri Lanka won the opening Test in Galle by 63 runs and India drew level with a 278-run victory in the second match at the P Sara Oval in Colombo.