2nd Test, Day-3: Ashwin, Jadeja keep Lanka at bay

Overnight batsman Angelo Mathews, who scored 111, and Chandimal put on a 181-run stand before the Indian bowlers struck back at the smog-shrouded Feroz Shah Kotla ground with spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claiming three wickets.

Skipper Dinesh Chandimal hit an unbeaten century as Sri Lanka reached 356-9 at stumps, trailing India by 180 runs on day three of the pollution-hit third Test in New Delhi on Monday.

Chandimal was batting on 147 and Lakshan Sandakan was yet to open his account when bad light caused stumps to be drawn for the day.

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin got Mathews caught behind for 111 a little before tea. Chandimal was batting alongside Sadeera Samarawickrama, on four, at the break.

Sri Lanka were 192 for three at lunch to trail India by 344 runs in their first innings on day three of the pollution-hit third Test in New Delhi on Monday.

Overnight batsmen Angelo Mathews, on 90, and skipper Dinesh Chandimal, on 52, put together an unbeaten 117-run stand to keep the Indian attack at bay at the smog shrouded Feroz Shah Kotla ground.

Angelo Mathews hit a century as Sri Lanka reached 270-4 at tea, trailing India by 266 runs on day three of the pollution-hit third Test in New Delhi on Monday.

Overnight batsman Mathews and skipper Dinesh Chandimal, on 98, put together a 181-run stand at the smog-shrouded Feroz Shah Kotla ground.

India and Sri Lanka resumed their cricket Test in "unhealthy" air pollution -- 18 times higher than the level considered safe -- in New Delhi on Monday, a day after smog briefly halted play.

Sri Lankan batsmen Angelo Mathews and captain Dinesh Chandimal continued their side's first innings at a haze-shrouded Feroz Shah Kotla stadium, with no repeat of Sunday's protests from the visiting team.

When fielding against India, who scored 536 for seven declared, the Sri Lankan players wore facemasks and coach Nic Pothas said some had vomited on leaving the field.

Monday's play went ahead in hazy conditions. Official indicators showed pollution at similar "unhealthy" levels to Sunday, 18 times what the World Health Organisation considers safe.

Play was halted for around 20 minutes on Sunday as Sri Lankan fielders complained of health problems and the umpires consulted the match referee and team doctors.

Play resumed but Sri Lanka protested twice more, with the visitors soon short on fielders as pacemen Lahiru Gamage and Suranga Lakmal returned to the pavilion.

Media reports said India captain Virat Kohli had been angered by what were seen as delaying tactics by the Sri Lankan players.

However during a previous pollution peak last month, Kohli expressed concern at the worsening health threat.

"It's a situation which is only getting worse by the day," Kohli wrote in a Facebook post on November 9.

"If we don't act there are going to be massive problems in future. The kids are going to suffer with diseases," he added.

"So look after your family members, look after the children, whose future really depends on how we look after the current situation."

The play was routinely suspended due to poor weather, low visibility, lightning or rain, but a stoppage as a result of pollution is almost unheard of.

"It is definitely a first of its kind," said one commentator on the official television broadcast.

Indian sports commentator Ayaz Memon said the dramatic scenes sent an "unedifying message about Delhi's pollution" and urged authorities to combat the scourge.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India accused the visiting side of making a "big fuss".

"If 20,000 people in the stands did not have a problem and the Indian team did not face any issue, I wonder why Sri Lankan team made a big fuss?" said CK Khanna, acting BCCI president.