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Day 1: 3rd Session - India opt to bat

IND - 329/3 (83.0 Ovs)
CRR: 3.96

Rahane* 96(143)
Pujara 123(208)

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Stats round up...
  • Pujara became the seventh Indian player & 36th overall to score a hundred in his 50th Test appearance.
  • Pujara became the joint third quickest Indian player to score 4000 Test runs alongside Dravid with 84 innings. Gavaskar & Sehwag lead the list with 81 innings each.
  • KL Rahul registered his sixth successive 50+ knock - joint most for an Indian player in Tests alongside Gundappa Vishwanath (Dec 77 - Mar 78) & Rahul Dravid (Nov 97 - Mar 98).
  • India became the first visiting team to score 300+ runs on the first day of two consecutive Tests in SL - 399 in Galle and 344 in SSC.
  • First instance of two players reaching individual 100s for India on the first day in two consecutive away Tests.
  1. Dhawan/ Pujara in Galle
  2. Pujara/ Rahane in SSC
 
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Day 2: 1st Session - India opt to bat

IND - 350/4 (92.0 Ovs)
CRR: 3.80

Rahane* 104(173)
Ashwin 0(0)

Last wkt: Cheteshwar Pujara lbw b Karunaratne 133(232)

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Day 2: 1st Session - India opt to bat

IND - 431/5 (115.5 Ovs)
CRR: 3.72

Ashwin* 39(74)
Saha 13(21)

Last wkt: Ajinkya Rahane st d*ckwella b Pushpakumara 132(222)

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