Colombo | India declared their first innings at 503 for 9 after Dhruv Jurel struck his century on the second day of the second Test against Sri Lanka here on Monday.
Jurel underlined his credentials as a specialist Test batter with a 177-ball 115, his second hundred, studded with nine fours and two sixes, before he was out in the post-tea session.
India faced 138 overs in all.
India were 475 for 8 when umpires took early tea due to heavy downpour.
In the post lunch session, India lost the wickets of Rishabh Pant (63) and Manav Suthar (18). Pant and Jurel had added 112 invaluable runs for the seventh wicket.
Brief Scores:
India: 503 for 9 in 138 overs (Devdutt Padikkal 117, Dhruv Jurel 115; Asitha Fernando 4/106).
Scoreboard on day 2 of the second Test between India and Sri Lanka here on Monday.
India 1st innings: (overnight 300/5)
Yashasvi Jaiswal b Fernando 45
KL Rahul c Dickwella b Kumara 18
Devdutt Padikkal b Nuwantha 117
Shubman Gill c Dickwella b Fernando 50
Rishabh Pant c Udara b Nuwantha 63
Ravindra Jadeja b Fernando 43
Dhruv Jurel not out 115
Saransh Jain c Mishara b Fernando 6
Manav Suthar c Dickwella b Jayasuriya 18
Mohammed Siraj lbw b Jayasuriya 3
Prasidh Krishna not out 4
Extras: (B-8 LB-3 NB-3 W-7) 21
Total: (For 9 wickets from 138 overs) 503 declared
Fall of wickets: 1/37 2/66 3/186 3/207* 4/281 5/296 6/307 7/419 8/458 9/489
Bowling: Asitha Fernando 29-5-106-4, Lahiru Kumara 20-4-68-1, Prabath Jayasuriya 42-7-132-2, Keshara Nuwantha 38-3-154-2, Sonal Dinusha 3-0-8-0, Dhananjaya de Silva 2-0-8-0, Kamil Mishara 4-0-16-0.
