Sri Lanka reach 140/3 in reply to India's 393

Colombo: Sri Lanka, aided by right-handed batsman Kaushal Silva's knock of 51 runs, reached 140/3 in their first innings in reply to India's 393 at stumps on Day Two of the second Test here on Friday.

Sri Lanka still trail by 253 runs with seven wickets in hand. Left-hander Lahiru Thrimanne and skipper Angelo Mathews remained unbeaten on 28 and 19 respectively.

For India, fast bowler Umesh Yadav, spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Amit Mishra grabbed a wicket each.

Scoreboard at the end of Day 2 of the second cricket Test:

India (first innings) (Overnight 319/6)
Murali Vijay lbw b Prasad 0
Lokesh Rahul c Chandimal b Chameera 108
Ajinkya Rahane c Karunaratne b Prasad 4
Virat Kohli c Mathews b Herath 78
Rohit Sharma lbw b Mathews 79
Stuart Binny c Chameera b Herath 10
Wriddhiman Saha lbw b Herath 56
Ravichandran Ashwin c Silva b Mathews 2
Amit Mishra c Chandimal b Chameera 24
Ishant Sharma lbw b Herath 2
Umesh Yadav not out 2
Extras (b 8, lb 13, w 4, nb 3) 28
Total (all out in 114 overs) 393
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Vijay, 0.4 overs), 2-12 (Rahane, 4.3), 3-176 (Kohli, 43.3), 4-231 (Rahul, 59.2), 5-267 (Binny, 71.5), 6-319 (R Sharma, 87.2), 7-321 (Ashwin, 89.3), 8-367 (Mishra, 105.4), 9-386 (Saha,111.3), 10-393 (I Sharma, 113.6)

Bowling:
Dhammika Prasad 24-7-84-2
Angelo Mathews 15-7-24-2
Dushmantha Chameera 20-2-72-2
Rangana Herath 25-3-81-4
Tharindu Kaushal 30-2-111-0

Sri Lanka (first innings)
Dimuth Karunaratne lbw b Yadav 1
Kaushal Silva c Ashwin b Mishra 51
Kumar Sangakkara c Rahane b Ashwin 32
Lahiru Thirimanne not out 28
Angelo Mathews not out 19
Extras (b 2, lb 3 , nb 4) 9
Total (three wickets in 53 overs) 140
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Karunaratne, 1.1 overs), 2-75 (Sangakkara), 3-114 (Silva, 43.4)

Bowling:
Ishant Sharma 10-2-31-0
Umesh Yadav 11-5-34-1
Stuart Binny 11-3-24-0
Ravichandran Ashwin 14-2-37-1
Amit Mishra 7-1-9-1