India on top despite Mathews ton

India are 1-70 in their second knock at stumps on the third day of the second Test in Colombo.

Murali Vijay was unbeaten on 39 and Ajinkya Rahane was on 28, the pair having added 67 runs for the second wicket after Lokesh Rahul was dismissed off the fifth ball.

The tourists' lead is 157 after Sri Lanka were all out for 306 after tea, with skipper Angelo Mathews making 102, his sixth Test century.

Leg-spinner Amit Mishra finished with four wickets, while seamer Ishant Sharma and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed two each.

Earlier, the home side were cruising at 4-259 in the post-lunch session when India hit back with three quick wickets soon after Mathews notched up his century with a reverse-hit boundary from Ashwin.

Mathews and his overnight partner Lahiru Thirimanne batted through the morning session to put on 127 for the fourth wicket before Sharma claimed two wickets in the space of three overs after the break.

Sharma had left-handed Thirimanne caught behind by Wriddhiman Saha for 62 and then dismissed Dinesh Chandimal for 11, caught at second slip by Lokesh Rahul.

Thirimanne was later docked 30 per cent of his match fee by the ICC after being found guilty of "showing dissent at an umpire's decision" after the batsman lingered at the crease for a considerable period following his dismissal, indicating his displeasure at the decision.

Allrounder Stuart Binny, who was added to the touring squad before this match, claimed his first success after going wicketless in three previous Tests when he forced Mathews to edge a catch to the slips.

Leg-spinner Amit Mishra struck in the next over by having Dhammika Prasad caught in the slips to make Sri Lanka 7-289.

Mathews, one of modern cricket's leading allrounders, followed his fine spell of 2-24 in 15 overs of steady medium-pace bowling during India's innings with a century that was studded with 12 boundaries.

At tea, Jehan Mubarak was unbeaten on 20 and Rangana Herath was on one.