Tea: India 282 for 2 (Pujara 75*, Kohli 1*, Pradeep 2-42) v Sri Lanka
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Shikhar Dhawan scored a century in a session for the second time in his career, rekindling memories of his blazing 187 on debut while laying waste to a toothless Sri Lanka attack. Having surpassed that score, he fell three minutes from tea, spooning Nuwan Pradeep to mid-off 10 short of a maiden double-hundred.
Between lunch and his dismissal, Dhawan scored 126 off 90 balls, breaking Polly Umrigar’s India record of 110 in the post-lunch session, made during his innings of 172* in Port-of-Spain in April 1962. Virender Sehwag, who scored 133 in the post-tea session against Sri Lanka at the Brabourne Stadium in 2009, is the only Indian batsman to score more runs in a session.
Dhawan added 253 for the second wicket with Cheteshwar Pujara, who went to tea batting on a chanceless 75, off 135 balls. On a grassier-than-normal Galle pitch, India scored 115 for 1 before lunch, at 4.26 an over, and 167 for 1 in the post-lunch session, at 5.96.
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Karthik Krishnaswamy is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
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