Sri Lanka hold on for draw vs. India

Debutant Sri Lankan Roshen Silva batted for 184 minutes on day five of the third test between India and Sri Lanka in Delhi on Wednesday to force a draw.

India team members pose with the trophy at the end of third test cricket match against Sri Lanka in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

During the game, players endured air pollution that forced some to wear face masks during play and made several players vomit.

Chasing 410, Sri Lanka was placed at 299-5 when play was called off with seven overs remaining in the mandatory hour of play. At stumps, Silva was unbeaten on 74 while Niroshan Dickwella was 44 not out.

India had scored 536-7d and 246-5d in their two innings. Sri Lanka had made 373 in the first innings.

India's Rohit Sharma, center, walks with Sri Lanka's Niroshan Dickwella at the end of third test cricket match against Sri Lanka in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

As a result, India won the three-match series 1-0 after winning in Nagpur by an innings and 239 runs. The first test in Kolkata was drawn.

Virat Kohli was named man of the match for his sixth double hundred (243) in the first innings. He was also man of the series for scoring 610 runs in three tests.

Sri Lanka's cricket board has complained to the sport's governing body about the poor air quality its players have been compelled to endure in the Indian capital New Delhi.

India's captain Virat Kohli, second right, hugs his teammates at the end of third test cricket match against Sri Lanka in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Sports minister Dayasiri Jayasekara said Sri Lanka Cricket made the complaint on Tuesday to the International Cricket Council, saying "we can't play like this as four players had vomited" due to the pollution.

He said the ICC had informed them that it will take necessary steps.

Sri Lanka's cricketers wore face masks during the match and the bowlers complained of shortness of breath.

Captain Dinesh Chandimal said after the match that conditions had affected players.

Sri Lankan players, wearing anti-pollution masks, get together to celebrate the dismissal of India's Murali Vijay during the fourth day of their third test cricket match in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

"The pollution situation didn't help. But after some time we realised it would not go away by talking. So we decided to focus on the game instead. We will leave it up to the Sri Lankan board to decide if they want us to play in Delhi again. If they schedule a match here, we will come and play here. This decision is not up to us," he added, about the pollution situation experienced during this match.

India's Cheteshwar Pujara said: "Pollution was there. There were frequent interruptions, which weren't really desirable. But as a team we don't focus on whether the conditions are adverse or not. We aim to play and win the game." he added.

Sri Lankan team physiotherapist attends to Dhananjaya De Silva during the fifth day of their third test cricket match against India in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

The two teams will now play a three-match ODI series followed by a three-match T20 contest. The first ODI will be played in Dharamsala on December 10.

NEW DELHI (AP) — India said Thursday that Canada has shared no evidence to back its allegation that the Indian government was involved in the slaying of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada last year, despite the recent arrests of three Indian men in the crime.

India’s External Affairs Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal also reiterated India’s longstanding allegation that Canada harbors Indian extremists.

Three Indian nationals who had been living in Canada temporarily were arrested on Tuesday in the slaying last June of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had set off a diplomatic spat with India last September when he cited “credible allegations” of India’s involvement in the slaying of the Sikh separatist. India rejected the accusations.

Canadian Mounted Police Superintendent Mandeep Mooker said after the men's arrests that the investigation into whether they had ties to India’s government was ongoing.

Jaiswal said the two governments are discussing the case but that Canada has forwarded no specific evidence of the Indian government’s involvement.

Meanwhile, Jaiswal said New Delhi has complained to Canadian authorities that separatists, extremists and those advocating violence against India have been allowed entry and residency in Canada. “Many of our extradition requests are pending,” he said.

“Our diplomats have been threatened with impunity and obstructed in their performance of duties,” Jaiswal added. “We are having discussions at the diplomatic level on all these matters,” he said.

The three Indian men arrested in Canada haven’t yet sought any access to the Indian diplomats there, Jaiswal said.

The three — Kamalpreet Singh, 22, Karan Brar, 22, and Karanpreet Singh, 28 — appeared in court Tuesday via a video link and agreed to a trial in English. They were ordered to appear in British Columbia Provincial Court again on May 21.

They were arrested last week in Edmonton, Alberta. They have been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

This version has corrected the timing of the arrests to last week, not this week.

Members of British Columbia's Sikh community gather in front of the courthouse in Surrey, British Columbia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Three men accused of murdering temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar made their first court appearance by video. (Chuck Chiang/The Canadian Press via AP)

Members of British Columbia's Sikh community gather in front of the courthouse in Surrey, British Columbia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Three men accused of murdering temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar made their first court appearance by video. (Chuck Chiang/The Canadian Press via AP)

A photo of Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen during a news conference providing an update from the Sikh community about Nijjar's homicide from June 18, 2023 in Surrey, B.C. on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)