South Africa set 490 after Sri Lanka declare

Cricket - Sri Lanka v South Africa -Second Test Match - Colombo, Sri Lanka - July 22, 2018 - South Africa's Lungi Ngidi (L) celebrates with captain Faf du Plessis (R) and his teammates after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka's Dimuth Karunaratne (not pictured). REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

COLOMBO (Reuters) - South Africa have been set an unlikely target of 490 runs to win the second test and draw the two-match series after Sri Lanka declared their second innings on 275 for five on Sunday.

Dimuth Karunaratne (85), Danushka Gunathilaka (61) and Angelo Mathews (71) scored the bulk of Sri Lanka's runs at Colombo's Sinhalese Sports Club Ground.

For South Africa, who have yet to score 150 in the series, left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj claimed 3-154 to finish with a 12-wicket haul.

Cricket - Sri Lanka v South Africa -Second Test Match - Colombo, Sri Lanka - July 22, 2018 - Sri Lanka's Roshen Silva plays a shot. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Sri Lanka, who made 338 in the first innings, won the opening test in Galle by 278 runs inside three days.

(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; Editing by John O'Brien)

Cricket - Sri Lanka v South Africa -Second Test Match - Colombo, Sri Lanka - July 22, 2018 - South Africa's Keshav Maharaj (R) celebrates with his teammates Dean Elgar (C) and Theunis de Bruyn after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews (not pictured). REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Cricket - Sri Lanka v South Africa -Second Test Match - Colombo, Sri Lanka - July 22, 2018 - Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews (L) plays a shot next to South Africa's wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Cricket - Sri Lanka v South Africa -Second Test Match - Colombo, Sri Lanka - July 22, 2018 - South Africa's captain Faf du Plessis (R) and Aiden Markram dive to stop a ball hit by Sri Lanka's Roshen Silva (not pictured). REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Cricket - Sri Lanka v South Africa -Second Test Match - Colombo, Sri Lanka - July 22, 2018 - Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews (C) plays a shot next to South Africa's wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock (L). REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte