COLOMBO, Aug ⁠25 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka reached 216-7 ⁠at tea in reply to ‌India's 503-9 declared on day three of the second and final test in Colombo ​on Tuesday.

• Sonal ⁠Dinusha was batting ⁠on 52 with Keshara Nuwantha on ⁠13. Sri ‌Lanka trail by 287 runs.

• Top order ⁠batter Pasindu Sooriyabandara led Sri Lanka's ​fight with ‌a fine 80 but missed ⁠out on ​a maiden test hundred. The batter tried to defend a ⁠Ravindra Jadeja delivery with an ​angled bat and dragged the ball onto his stumps.

• Prasidh Krishna ⁠earlier dismissed Kamil Mishara (19) and Kamindu Mendis (32) to dent Sri Lanka's top order.

• Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya ​de Silva fell ⁠to spinner Manav Suthar.

• India are ​1-0 ahead in ‌the two-test series.

(Reporting by ​Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Ken Ferris)