At the end of Lunch India are 227-2. Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli extended their partnership earlier this morning. The duo negotiated the morning session pretty carefully and accelerated after seeing off few overs. Shikhar Dhawan was the man in the morning session as he notched up his fourth Test century. The Delhi batsman showed very much patience and paced his innings beautifully and put away the loose deliveries. The Skipper Virat Kohli is providing a solid support to Dhawan and standing firm at the crease and is on the verge of scoring his 11th Test century.
After India losing two early wickets in day one Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli steadied the Indian innings and they doubled their partnership earlier this morning. India lead by 44 runs at lunch with 8 wickets in hand. The Sri Lankan bowlers found it difficult to stop the duo and lacked variety in their bowling department giving away easy runs.
Brief Scores: India 227/2 (Shikhar Dhawan 110*, Virat Kohli 86*) VS Sri Lanka 183 (Angelo Mathews 64, R Ashwin 6-46)