3rd Test | Ind vs SL | Ind won by 5 wkt

India won the 3rd Test against Sri Lanka by 5 wkt in the 5th day. They started the day with 53 for 3 and had a target of 204 more runs to win. They lost the night watchman after adding 9 runs to yesterdays score. But Sachin and VVS Laxman had a century partnership and rebuild the innings. Tendulkar was out scoring 54 runs while Laxman was not out with 103 runs. Other not out batsman was Raina scoring 41 runs. Sri Lankan bowler Randiv took the 2 wickets of the day. Therefore he took all the five wickets of Indian 2nd innings for 82 runs. India won the match by 5 wkt and series level by 1-1.

This is the first defeat for Sri Lanki in P Sara since August 1994 and also the 4th win for India in Sri Lanka.