India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI Highlights: Sri Lanka overcome late India fightback to avoid scare and bag consolation win

Chameera bowls a short one to Chahar, which the batsman takes on his chest. He appeared in immediate pain and is down on the ground. The gloves are off too. Doesn't get in line of the ball and as he tries to fend the ball, the ball hits him on the chest.

Not a bad idea at all. This seems the safest approach for India. At 218/8, even if milking singles and doubles can take them to 240, India would have a target they think they can defend.

Impressive figures from both spinners as they finish with three wickets each. Eight overs to go. It will be interesting to see what approach India's remaining batters take to the Lankan quicks.

Nervy moments for India as Rahul Chahar tried to go after Dananjaya, but the no damage done. Jayawickrama came running in and although he did get his hands underneath the ball, he couldn't hold on to it. Dananjaya isn't impressed but that's more than a decent effort. India 209/8 after 37

36 overs gone and India are 206/8. Even if the last two wickets can rally to add another 34 runs from here, India should give themselves a chance. Especially now that there is a lot in this surface for the spinners. Rahul Chahar would be smacking his lips.

India have brought up their 200 with Navdeep Saini and debutant Rahul Chahar hoping to add a semblance of respect to the total. Not that 200 is bad, but based on what Sri Lanka's batsmen have showed in the series, this looks their game.

Two wickets in the over from Akila Dananjaya and India in all sorts of trouble at the moment at 195/8. Surely, they cannot last the entire 47 overs from here? Sri Lankan spinners look more threatening with each over.

They are six wickets down and there are 15 overs to go. But the rate at which India are losing wickets, it seems improbable that they would last the entire 47 overs. Can Gowtham and Rana stitch something remarkable here?

OUT! Big wicket for Sri Lanka as India lose Suryakumar Yadav. They are 190/6 in 31 overs. Another excellent review taken by the hosts. Initially, the umpire thought it might be bat first, but it wasn't. The first impact was on the pads and right in front of the stumps.

Gowtham is yet to come but in all fairness, this is India's last recognised batting pair. With 17 overs to go, it would be a great time for India to get a partnership going with these two. Suddenly, the Indians are not appearing too confident against the turn on offer.

Wickets might be falling at one end but Suryakumar Yadav continues to bat splendidly. Slightly short from Jayawickrama and the batsman's eyes light up as he slices the ball over point and gets his 7th four of the innings. India 187/5 after 30 overs.

OUT! Fifth wicket down for India for 179 as Hardik Pandya is out LBW. Jayawickrama picks up his third scalp of the match. Pandya missed the tuner and even though the umpire gave it not out, the Lankan sounded confident and went for the review. This time, their celebrations were valid as three reds displayed on the screen.

India 179/4 after 28 overs. With 19 overs to go, India should target a minimum of 280 from here on. With Suryakumar and Pandya out there and with Nitish Rana to follow, India have decent firepower in the tank to play the T20 brand.

This time, it's Hardik being cheeky. Brings out the deft paddle and steers the ball away to the boundary behind for his third boundary. He races away to 16 off nine balls. India 176/4 after 27 overs.

Lovely. Another sign of confidence as Hardik drives the ball through the vacant region on the leg side to get himself a second boundary in the over. Follows it with a couple of runs. 10 runs off the over as India reach 168/4 in 26 overs.

Good, positive start for Hardik Pandya, who hammers a pull shot for a four. Just what he needed after getting dismissed for a duck in the previous ODI.

OUT! Faint edge and it's another failure for Manish Pandey. Loose shot from Pandey, who seems to have poked lazily at that ball from Jayawickrama, who slowed it nicely through the air. Soft dismissal and he is gutted. Sri Lanka rejoice. India 157/4 in 24.5 overs.

Well, it doesn't look as if the delay or the break... whatever you want to call it... has had any effect on Suryakumar Yadav as he continues to blaze through. Hits second four in the over as India reach 155/3 in 24 overs.

And it's FOUR runs to begin with. Second ball after play resumes, Suryakumar clips the ball off his pads for a boundary. The lights are on at the Premadasa Stadium.

As expected, with almost 90 minutes worth of play affected due to rain, the 3rd ODI between India and Sri Lanka will now be a 47-over-a-side contest upon resumption. The innings break has reduced to 20 minutes as well.

Alright then! Now we're talking. The update we all had been waiting for is finally here. The ground seems to be in a decent condition at the moment and play will resume at 6:30 PM IST, which is another 25 minutes from now.

Although there has been no official update on this, it's been an hour that play has been halted. Surely, any further delay and there is a strong chance that the number of overs might start getting deducted from here.

Like we said, seems like there's quite a bit of water on those outfield covers. However, the sky looks a bit more promising but it would be too ambitious to say that we could have seen the last of rain today.

Well, Sri Lankan rains are relentless. So it was only a matter of time before the ground was left with patches of water. The word from the venue is that the ground staff is out there trying to clear the water. There is plenty of it on the outfield covers and only once it is dried is when they are going to come off.

As of now, there has been no reduction in the number of overs. Looks like despite the rain interruption, we might still get a full 100 over of a cricket match, provided there are no further weather delays.