Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd Test: Third day's play in pictures

Nature decides to delight one and all with a rainbow after rain brought an early end to the day’s playThe third Test between Sri Lanka and India is evenly poised after the hosts staged a remarkable fightback before rain once again forced an early end to the third day’s play at the SSC Colombo. Skipper Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are at the crease for India who are struggling at 21/3. The visitors’ overall lead now stands at 132 after Sri Lanka recovered from a precarious 47/6 thanks to fighting knocks by debutant Kushal Perera and Rangana Herath to score 201 in their first innings. Earlier in the day, Cheteshwar Pujara became only the fourth Indian to carry his bat through the innings remaining unbeaten on 145.Here is the summary of the third day’s play in pictures.

#1 Pujara remains unbeaten on 145

Overnight centurion Cheteshwar Pujara had to resort to unorthodox shots as he ran out of partners at the other end and ultimately remained unbeaten on 145.

#2 Ishant Sharma gets rid of Upul Tharanga

Ishant Sharma, who should have had Upul Tharanga dismissed in the first over itself only for KL Rahul to drop him at slips, got his man soon enough to pick up the first of his five wickets.

#4 Stuart Binny shines with the ball

Stuart Binny made up for his failure with the bat picking up the crucial wickets of Dinesh Chandimal and Dimuth Karunaratne.

#5 Dhammika Prasad retires hurt

Already nursing a back injury, Dhammika Prasad had to head back to the pavillion retired hurt after being hit on his left hand by a delivery from Ishant Sharma.

#6 Perera and Ishant\'s war of words

Ishant Sharma uses of all of his 6 ft 4 in figure to impose himself on debutant Kushal Perera. The pair carried on with their war of words throughout Perera’s stay at the crease.

#7 Kushal Perera scores a fifty in his debut Test innings

Kushal Perera, playing his first Test innings, showed nerves of steel to rescues his side with a knock of 55 from just 56 balls.

#8 Rangana Herath plays a reverse sweep

Rangana Herath, who played a crucial innings of 49, grew in confidence as he spent time at the middle, even playing a reverse sweep.

#9 Virat Kohli displays his frustration

Virat Kohli’s response after taking the catch to dismiss Kushal Perera speaks more of frustration than delight after the debutant’s quick-fire knock curtailed India’s lead to just 111 runs.

#9 Ishant Sharma\'s five wicket haul

Ishant Sharma dismissed Rangana Herath to pick up his fifth wicket of the innings, his seventh in Test cricket.

#10 Pujara out for a second-ball duck

No glory this time around for Cheteshwar Pujara who was dismissed for a second-ball duck by Dhammika Prasad.