India declared their first innings at 503 for nine.
Sonal Dinusha was unbeaten on 85 as Sri Lanka fought back.
Pasindu Sooriyabandara added 80 to the reply.
Sri Lanka reached 265 for eight before bad light and rain ended play.
Prasidh Krishna was India's standout bowler with 3/57.
A quick read on shared facts, changing details, and different emphasis.
The reporting agrees that Sri Lanka mounted a late fightback after India's declaration, with Sonal Dinusha and Pasindu Sooriyabandara central to the response. It also agrees that bad light and rain stopped play with Sri Lanka still trailing.
What remains open is how Sri Lanka's innings will resume and whether they can avoid the follow-on. The final shape of the match could still shift with the weather and the remaining wickets.
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Neutral coverage describes the day as a rain-hit Test session shaped by Sri Lanka's resistance and India's earlier declaration. It notes that Dinusha's unbeaten 85 helped Sri Lanka push to 265 for eight. The coverage also records that play stopped because of bad light and rain. Another report says the innings left Sri Lanka 38 runs short of avoiding the follow-on.
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Outlook India reports on Sri Lankan batter Sonal Dinusha achieving a rare Test cricket milestone during the second Test against India in Colombo. Dinusha scored an unbeaten 85 runs, becoming only the third batter in history to record 80 or more runs in each of his first three Test innings against India, joining Everton Weekes and Zaheer Abbas. The source notes that his resilient knock helped Sri Lanka resist India after the visitors declared their first innings at 503/9, though play was ultimately halted by rain and bad light with Sri Lanka at 265/8.
The Times of India reports that Sri Lanka staged a gritty fightback led by Sonal Dinusha and Pasindu Sooriyabandara on a rain-hit third day of the second Test at SSC. Dinusha remained unbeaten on 85 and Sooriyabandara contributed 80 runs as Sri Lanka reached 265 for eight, leaving them 38 runs away from avoiding the follow-on after India's first-innings declaration of 503 for nine. The publication highlights the lower-order resistance and notes that Prasidh Krishna was India's standout bowler with figures of 3/57 before bad light and rain brought an early end to the day.