Stumps has been called on Day 3. With heavy rain seemingly on the way, play has been called off slightly ahead of time. With two days to go, India have a 178-run lead over Sri Lanka. It'll be interesting to see the way Shubman Gill and co. approach the final two days.

Heavy winds have taken over in Galle and the sky has darkened considerably. No rain yet, but the groundsmen have brought on ther covers as precaution. Looks like we may not get any more play today.

A four and a six for Lahiru Kumara but the fireworks were quite short-lived. He went for another big shot but completely missed the straight delivery from Manav Suthar and Rishabh Pant just had to dislodge the bails for the stumping. That is it for Sri Lanka as they were all out for 284 and India now lead by 178 runs.

That is the end of the innings for Sonal Dinusha. He was foxed by the delivery from Ravindra Jadeja which came back sharply to crash into his pads. The umpire raised his finger without any hesitation and although the batter went for a review, the replays showed that the ball was hitting his middle stump. 2 wickets in the space of 3 balls for India!

SL 274/9 (78.1)

Wicket for Manav Suthar as Prabath Jayasuriya is dismissed for 10. A flighted delivery from the spinner and Jayasuriya completely miscued his shot. An easy catch for Ravindra Jadeja and Sri Lanka lost their eighth wicket.

SL 274/8 (77.5)

CENTURY for Sonal Dinusha! A first Test hundred for the Sri Lanka all-rounder! Walking in to bat with Sri Lanka in deep trouble, he has played a remarkable knock. 

Reverse-sweep for 4! Sonal Dinusha moves up to 95, it's his highest score in Test cricket. He then slams a sweep and picks up two more runs. The 25-year-old all-rounder is just three away from a maiden Test hundred.

SL 270/7 (74.2)

Prabath Jayasuriya slams a slog sweep for 4 and ensures that Sri Lanka will not have to follow-on. India's lead falls below 200. A big cheer from the fans after the boundary was hit.

SL 264/7 (73.3)

After 24 dot balls, Prabath Jayasuriya gets off the mark on the 25th delivery! A loose delivery down the leg-side from Kuldeep Yadav, and Jayasuriya sweeps it towards fine-leg for 4!

SL 257/7 (72.2)

The 250-run mark comes up for Sri Lanka in the 70th over of their innings. Sonal Dinusha on 86, carrying the hopes of his nation. Will he be able to bring up a first Test hundred? 

SL 250/7 (70)

Sri Lanka still trail India by 215 runs, so they are still at risk of potentially having to follow-on. If India can pick up the final three wickets before 15 runs are scored, Shubman Gill could have a decision to make.

The good news for Sri Lanka is that Sonal Dinusha is still at the crease. He is into the 80s.

SL 247/7 (69)

350th Test wicket for Ravindra Jadeja! Keshara Nuwantha fails to time it properly, simple catch for skipper Gill at extra cover. Seventh wicket down for Sri Lanka.

Jadeja becomes just the fourth player in Test history to achieve the milestone of 350 wickets and 4,000 runs, joining Kapil Dev, Ian Botham and Daniel Vettori in the elite club.

SL 243/7 (66.4)

Sharp short delivery from Prasidh Krishna, Dinusha goes for a pull but misses it. Big appeal from India for a caught behind but the umpire says no. Shubman Gill decides not to go for a DRS review. Prasidh looks reinvigorated.

SL 239/6 (63.1)

At last, India get their sixth wicket! Niroshan Dickwella is gone, caught behind on 80. Shubman Gill's decision to hand Prasidh the ball after Tea finally pays off. Soft outside edge, simple catch for Rishabh Pant behind the stumps. 

A partnership of 146 is broken by India. Dickwella misses out on his hundred.

SL 236/6 (61.4)

60 overs done in the Sri Lanka innings. The excellent recovery continues, with the partnership between Dinusha and Dickwella closing in on 150. The two left-handers have steadied the ship brilliantly. "India seem to have run out of ideas," says Sanjay Manjrekar on commentary.

SL 234/5 (60)

What a start to the final session by Sonal Dinusha! Ravindra Jadeja into the attack and Dinusha welcomes him with a brilliantly-executed 6 over deep mid-wicket. He connected the slog sweep perfectly. 

SL 225/5 (58.1)

Great start to the post-Tea session for Sri Lanka! Prasidh Krishna pitches it short to Dickwella, who upper-cuts it for 4 over the slip cordon. Dickwella up to 76 with that stroke; he'll be eyeing up that hundred now.

SL 219/5 (57.1)

This marks the end of the second session on Day 3 of the first Test between India and Sri Lanka. At Tea, Sri Lanka's score read 215/5 in 57 overs as the hosts trail by 247 runs. Currently, Niroshan Dickwella (71*) and Sonal Dinusha (62*) are standing unbeaten. 

SIX!!! Sonal Dinusha hits a massive six on Manav Suthar's delivery. Seeing the mid-wicket area empty, Dinusha goes down on one knee and hits it hard as the ball goes straight into the crowd for a maximum. In total, Suthar goes on to leak 10 runs in the over.

SL 208/5 (55 overs)

OHH!! What have you done, Ravindra Jadeja? Niroshan Dickwella plays a shot on Prasidh Krishna's delivery and runs for a single. Yashasvi Jaiswal collects the ball and throws it towards Ravindra Jadeja, who fails to receive it. As a result, the ball goes across the boundary rope, giving a total of five runs to Sri Lanka. With this, Niroshan Dickwella and Sonal Dinusha also complete a 100-run partnership. 

SL 195/5 (53 overs)

Desperate for a breakthrough, skipper Shubman Gill decides to give the spinners some rest. He now brings Prasidh Krishna back into the attack as India are struggling to break the partnership between Sonal Dinusha and Niroshan Dickwella. 

SL 185/5 (51 overs)

FIFTY!!!! Sonal Dinusha takes a double on Kuldeep Yadav's delivery and brings up his half-century in style. He takes 92 balls to complete his half-century. Terrific batting from Sri Lanka as Shubman Gill look clueless. 

SL 184/5 (49 overs)

After Niroshan Dickwella, Sonal Dinusha also changes gears and starts dealing in boundaries. In the previous over of Mohammed Siraj, Sonal hits two boundaries and breaches the 40-run mark. He is now inching towards his fifty with both the batters troubling Indian batters. 

SL 178/5 (48 overs)

FIFTY!!!! Niroshan Dickwella takes a double on Ravindra Jadeja's delivery and completes his half-century. It is his Dickwella's 23rd half-century in Tests and he completes it in 67 balls. Great batting from veteran star.

SL 167/5 (45.5 overs)

Niroshan Dickwella hits a boundary in the previous over of Kuldeep Yadav. With this, Dickwella breaches the 40-run mark and inches towards his half-century. The partnership between Dickwella and Sonal Dinusha has surely turned the game into Sri Lanka's favour. 

SL 162/5 (45 overs)

Kuldeep Yadav forces another top edge off Dickwella's bat, but it lands safely again! Sweep shot from the left-hander goes straight up, but the fielder at long-on fails to get to the ball in time. 

Meanwhile, 150 comes up for Sri Lanka.

SL 151/5 (43)

Ravindra Jadeja strikes Dickwella on the pads, and follows it with a long, loud appeal but the umpire stays unmoved. Dickwella stepps out but misses the ball. Jadeja and Gill decide to not take the DRS review, and it proves to be the right call. Replays show that it was missing the stumps completely.

SL 146/5 (41.1)

The 50-run partnership comes up between Dickwella and Dinusha. The two left-handers have steadied the ship after Sri Lanka were reeling at 90/5 a while ago. Good rotation of strike in this partnership.

SL 141/5 (40)

Kuldeep is getting some good turn off the pitch, and even forced a top edge off Dickwella. Another delivery just missed the outside edge, while the final ball of the 39th over hit Dinusha on the pads but was given not out. Lovely stuff from the left-arm wrist-spinner.

SL 138/5 (39)

Niroshan Dickwella and Sonal Dinusha are forming a good partnership. In the previous over of Ravindra Jadeja, the duo scored six runs. Five-down Sri Lanka's condition looks slightly better because of this strong partnership. 

SL 134/5 (37 overs)

Oh No! India are in trouble as Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja made a big mistake. On Jadeja's request, Gill decided to go for a DRS review twice, only to be proven wrong on both the instances. As a result, India are now left with just one review in the rest of the innings. Will it be really costly for India? Only time will tell. 

SL 124/5 (35 overs)

Manav Suthar bowls an excellent over and puts pressure on Sri Lanka batters. In his previous over, he conceded just one run as Niroshan Dickwella and Sonal Dinusha aim for boundaries in the upcoming overs. 

SL 120/5 (34 overs)

FOUR!!! Niroshan Dickwella hits a boundary on Manav Suthar's delivery.  Tosses it up too wide outside off, and Niroshan Dickwella takes advantage, swatting the ball towards deep extra cover for a boundary. Sri Lanka are taking a sigh of relief now. 

SL 118/5 (32 overs)

Sonal Dinusha and Niroshan Dickwella are steadily bringing Sri Lanka out of trouble. They are rotating the strike and keeping the scoreboard going. In the previous over of Ravindra Jadeja, the duo scored five runs. 

SL 113/5 (31 overs)

Hello and welcome to the second session on Day 3 of the first Test between India and Sri Lanka in Galle. Sri Lanka will resume their innings from 99/5 with Sonal Dinusha and Niroshan Dickwella unbeaten. For India, Ravindra Jadeja will be bowling the first over.

This marks the end of the first session on Day 3 of the first Test between India and Sri Lanka in Galle. At Lunch, Sri Lanka's score read 99/5 in 28 overs. Currently, Sonal Dinusha (14*) and Niroshan Dickwella (8*) are standing unbeaten at the crease as Sri Lanka trail by 363 runs. For India, Manav Suthar took two wickets, while Mohammed Siraj, Ravindra Jadeja, and Kuldeep Yadav took one wicket each. 

OUT!!! Ravindra Jadeja strikes just before the lunch and dismisses Dhananjaya De Silva for 21. Going for a defensive play, the hits the thick edge and KL Rahul takes a great low catch at the first slip. The umpire cross checks it with the third umpire and Dhananjaya remain out. Fifth wicket gone for Sri Lanka in the first session. 

SL 90/5 (26.1 overs)

FOUR!!! Dhananjaya De Silva hits a boundary on Ravindra Jadeja's delivery. Extracting some turn from a good length, the bowler forces Dhananjaya onto the back foot, and he responds with a crisp punch through point. 

SL 80/4 (23 overs)

After losing four wickets in quick succession, Sri Lanka are in deep trouble. Currently, Sonal Dinusha and Dhananjaya De Silva are standing unbeaten are forming a partnership. This stand is very crucial for the hosts as their batting lineup is collapsing against India bowlers. 

SL 67/4 (20 overs)

OUT!!! What just happened over here? Kuldeep Yadav joins the party in style and dismisses Kamindu Mendis for 14. Mendis tries to go for a boundary but India skipper Shubman Gill intervenes and dives towards his left and takes a one-handed stunner. What a brilliant catch as Sri Lanka go four down. 

SL 59/4 (16.1 overs)

OUT!!! Manav Suthar strikes and this time he scalps the big wicket of Lahiru Udara for 27. Seeing a short ball, Lahiru gets tempted to go for a big hit but fails to time the shot properly. As a result, Yashasvi Jaiswal takes an easy catch at the backward point. Third wicket gone for Sri Lanka.

SL 53/3 (13.5 overs)

FOUR!!! Lahiru Udara gets another boundary on Manav Suthar's delivery. Back of a length and offering some width outside off, Lahiru Udara rocks onto the back foot and creams a beautiful cut shot through the covers, finding the gap with ease. With this boundary, Sri Lanka also cross the 50-run mark. 

SL 51/2 (12 overs)

SIX!!! Kamindu Mendis hits the first six of the day and it comes on Mohammed Siraj's delivery. Making a good use of the short ball, Mendis hits it hard towards the deep square leg as the ball goes straight into the crowd. Sri Lanka are getting back on track now.

SL 47/2 (11 overs)

Despite losing two early wickets, Sri Lanka are still getting runs as Lahiru Udara is dealing in boundaries. In the previous over of Manav Suthar, Lahiru swivels across and times the pull through deep mid-wicket for a boundary. Sri Lanka need a solid partnership from Lahiru and Kamindu Mendis now. 

SL 40/2 (10 overs)

OUT!!! Manav Suthar joins the party in style and dismisses Dinesh Chandimal for 4. Skipper Shubman Gill's strategy of changing the bowler pays off. Suthar bamboozles Chandimal with his ultimate spin as the ball hits the inside edge and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant takes an excellent catch behind the stumps. Sri Lanka go two down.

SL 27/2 (7.1 overs)

FOUR!!! Lahir Udara gets another boundary and this time, he steals it from Mohammed Siraj.  The delivery is way down the leg side, and Lahiru Udara wisely lets it go. Wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant dives full stretch to his left but has no chance of stopping it as the ball speeds away to the boundary. In total, Siraj concedes five runs in the over. 

SL 17/1 (5 overs)

Despite losing the wicket of Nishan Madushka in the first over, Sri Lanka are slowly getting back on track with Lahiru Udara and Dinesh Chandimal getting some runs. In the previous over of Mohammed Siraj, the duo scored four runs. They need some boundaries to keep the momentum on their side. 

SL 8/1 (3 overs)

FOUR!! Lahiru Udara hits a brilliant boundary on Prasidh Krishna's delivery. Lahiru waits for the length delivery and then smartly places a shot, dodging the gully fielder. The ball comfortably crosses the boundary rope as Sri Lanka get four runs. After the dismissal of Nishan Madushka, Dinesh Chandimal joins hands with Lahiru at the crease. 

SL 4/1 (2 overs)

OUT!!! Mohammed Siraj strikes in the first over and dismisses Nishan Madushka for duck. Siraj, who is widely known for troubling Sri Lanka in the past few years, delivers a bouncer, leaving Madushka totally confused. As a result, the ball hits the thick edge and Devdutt Padikkal then completes a simple catch at the first slip. An early breakthrough for India as Sri Lanka go one down.

SL 0/1 (0.2 overs)

After bowling India out for 462, Sri Lanka are out to bat. For the hosts, Nishan Madushka and Lahiru Udara have opened the proceedings. The openers will be eyeing a solid partnership, in order to give Sri Lanka a good start. On the other hand, pacer Mohammed Siraj will be bowling the first over for India. 

Asitha Fernando dismisses Prasidh Krishna for 2 in the first over of the day as Sri Lanka bundle out India for 462. For India, Devdutt Padikkal scored 167, while KL Rahul scored 82. Apart from them, Dhruv Jurel also scored 51. For Sri Lanka, Prabath Jayasuriya scalped four wickets, while Keshara Nuwantha and Asitha Fernando took three and two wickets respectively. Sri Lanka will be out to bat soon. 

The first session on Day 3 begins early due to the time lost on Day 2. India continue their innings from 460/9 with Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna unbeaten. For Sri Lanka, Asitha Fernando will be bowling the first over of the day. Let's play! 

A very good news coming in from Galle that the sun is shinning brightly right now and a timely start to Day 3 is on the cards. However, the weather forecast says that it will be a heavy rain but at the moment, the conditions look fine. 

As per AccuWeather, there is an 83% chance of precipitation on Monday in Galle. As per hourly predictions, there is a 51% chance of rain at 10 AM, which stays at 47% at 11AM, 44% at 12 noon, 48% at 1 PM before going to 52% at 2 PM. The possibility of precipitation stands at 45% at 3 PM, 39% at 4 PM and 34% at 5 PM before marginally going up to 40% at 6 PM. This signals that Day 3 can be another start-stop for the two teams.

Rain made its presence felt on Day 2 of the first Test match between India and Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium as a session and a half was washed out due to the downpour in Galle. The players and fans hope for some relaxation from the heavens on Day 3; however, the forecast points out to an entirely different prediction.

Sri Lanka found some encouragement through debutant off‑spinner Keshara Nuwantha, who picked up three wickets, while left‑arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya returned figures of 4-109 to stop India from running away with the game.

India lost seven wickets in the shortened day but remain well placed in the game, with the pitch offering more assistance than anticipated to spinners. Kuldeep Yadav (12 not out) and Prasidh Krishna (1 not out) were at the crease at stumps, leaving open the possibility of an overnight declaration to press for early breakthroughs in Sri Lanka’s batting order.

Left-handed batter Devdutt Padikkal struck a commanding career-best score of 167 as India reached 460/9 in 116 overs on a rain‑hit day two of the first Test against Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium on Sunday. Heavy showers in the morning wiped out the first session and a half, thus restricting play to only 43 overs. India capitalised on the time available by adding 172 runs even as Sri Lanka’s spinners made inroads with the second new ball.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Day 3 of the first Test between India and Sri Lanka, straight from the Galle International Stadium, Galle. Stay tuned for all the live updates.