50.1: N Pradeep to Kohli, Good length outside off, punched on the up through covers for a single.

49.6: D Perera to Kohli, Flatter around leg, Kohli taps it towards short fine leg and Rahane ensures they take a quick single.

49.5: D Perera to Rahane, Rahane now reverse sweeps one to third man for three runs. Getting as many as he can, Ajinkya.

49.4: D Perera to Kohli, Virat turns one through mid-wicket for a single.

49.3: D Perera to Kohli, SIX! BANG! Flatter in line of the stumps, Kohli comes down and clubs it over the mid-wicket fence for a maximum. Superb shot!

49.2: D Perera to Kohli, Bowls it outside leg, Kohli looks to reverse sweep it but is hit on his pads.

49.1: D Perera to Kohli, Around middle and leg, Kohli stays back and opens his face of the bat to get it down to third man for a couple of runs. That was really risky.

We have 97 overs to be bowled today.

48.6: Pradeep to A Rahane, FOUR! Short and wide outside off, Rahane throws his bat at it and gets an edge which flies down to the third man fence for a boundary. Kohli isn’t getting enough strike for his century for now.

48.5: N Pradeep to Rahane, Rahane knows what is coming, gets across and works it through backward square leg for a couple of runs.

48.4: N Pradeep to Rahane, Good length outside off, Rahane throws his bat at it but cannot connect.

Plenty of men at the ropes. Extra cover, deep point in place. Only three fielders in the infield.

48.3: N Pradeep to Rahane, FOUR! Up and over! Can’t bowl full and wide, Rahane gets under it and crunches it over wide mid off for a boundary. The intent from India is evident.

48.2: N Pradeep to Rahane, Wide outside off, Rahane launches into it and drives it straight to covers. Superb fielding effort from Mendis.

48.1: N Pradeep to Kohli, Gets across and creams it through covers for a single.

Nuwan Pradeep comes on for a bowl. Still no Herath so Tharanga to lead the side on the field.

47.6: D Perera to Kohli, Kohli clips it through mid on for a single.

47.5: D Perera to Kohli, Good stop! Around the stumps, Kohli sweeps it through mid-wicket. It looks a boundary but the substitute Bandara dives to his right and stops it from going through. Two runs taken.

47.4: D Perera to Rahane, Flatter around middle and leg, Rahane unfurls a reverse sweep it through point for a single. When he is playing a reverse sweep so things must be serious.

47.3: D Perera to V Kohli, Kohli comes forward and drives it through mid off for a single. There was a puff of dust when the ball landed on the deck.

47.2: D Perera to Kohli, Lands it around middle and leg, Kohli nudges it wide of the short leg fielder towards mid-wicket.

47.1: D Perera to Rahane, Shorter outside off, Rahane goes back and punches it through covers for a single. Lead is 500!

Dilruwan Perera to start with the ball from the other end.

46.6: D Gunathilaka to Rahane, Goes back and punches it through point for a single.

46.5: D Gunathilaka to Rahane, CHAOS! Gunathilaka lands it around off, Rahane drives it towards mid off and takes off for a single. Kohli does not want it and sends him back. The fielder has a direct hit at the bowler’s end for some reason and Rahane gets enough time to get back to his crease at his end. There were a lot of shouts but none about which end to throw the ball at. An early escape for Ajinkya!

46.4: D Gunathilaka to Rahane, Floats it around middle, turned towards mid-wicket from Rahane.

The players are out in the middle. Virat Kohli comes out to bat, he will be joined by AJINKYA RAHANE! Does it mean they will bat for a longer time? Danushka Gunathilaka to complete his over.

Angelo Mathews thinks that it will be challenging to bat on this wicket. Informs that they will look for runs and not just bat. He does not think that the deck is that difficult to bat. Mentions that they will look to chase whatever they can. On his bowling, he informs that he still needs to get fit to bowl in Tests.

Pitch Report – Russel Arnold doing the pitch report says that to survive on this wicket, mindset is the key. Feels that the surface is still good with hardly any scratches on it. Reckons that the deck still looks good and Ravindra Jadeja was the only one to extract some turn. Adds that when the sun comes down, the pitch will break down even more which will make batting difficult. Mentions that Sri Lanka will have to defend really well to survive on this pitch.