Sri Lanka v India, 2nd Test, SSC, 1st day
Opener nearly gets opener
Shikhar Dhawan set the early tone for India with some crisp drives•Associated Press
Dimuth Karunaratne won an lbw appeal from Bruce Oxenford but Rahul successfully reviewed it•Associated Press
Cheteshwar Pujara nearly nicked a catch to slip on 1•AFP
Ajinkya Rahane peppered the leg side with drives and flicks•AFP
KL Rahul, returning from illness, got off to a busy start as well•AFP
Dilruwan Perera struck with his first ball to have Dhawan lbw for 35•Associated Press
He shook that off and passed 4,000 runs in his 50th Test•Associated Press
Rahane and Pujara kept India ticking in the second session, going at close to run-a-ball •AFP
Rahul went on to bring up his sixth successive fifty-plus score in Test cricket•Associated Press
Rangana Herath had Virat Kohli caught at slip for 13•Associated Press
By the end of the day, both of them had made hundreds. They'd put on an unbroken 211, and India finished on 344 for 3•AFP