Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd Test: Second day's play in pictures

India ended Day 2 of the third Test against Sri Lanka at 292/8. Cheteshawar Pujara’s brilliant unbeaten knock of 135 helped the visitors recover after a shaky start and along with Amit Mishra, who scored 59, helped India gain the upper hand in the series decider. Resuming at 50/2, India lost skipper Virat Kohli early on before Dhammika Prasad picked up the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Stuart Binny in successive deliveries to press home the advantage for the hosts. However, Pujara and Mishra’s 104-run partnership for the 8th wicket ensured that India were the team smiling at the end of the day’s play. Here are the highlights of Day two in pictures.

#1 Virat Kohli dismissal

Virat Kohli survived a close shout for leg before wicket in the very first over of the day’s play. The Indian skipper’s troubled stint in the middle ended soon after he knicked a gentle outswinger from his Sri Lankan counterpart Angelo Mathews to be dismissed for 18.

#2 Rohit Sharma fails again

Rohit Sharma’s moment of madness early on when he tried to loft Rangana Herath out of the ground should have resulted in an early walk back to the pavillion. However, he wasn’t able to capitalise on the chance and was dismissed for 26 by Dhammika Prasad.

#3 Cheteshwar Pujara defies Sri Lanka early on

Pujara defied the Sri Lankan bowling early on happily keeping Nuwan Pradeep’s fiery deliveries at bay, but often struggled to rotaate the strike.

#4 Naman Ojha faces short pitch test on debut

Naman Ojha, playing his first Test innings was frequently tested by the short-pitched stuff from the Sri Lankan pace bowlers.

#5 Cheteshwar Pujara\'s century

Pujara made his comeback match count with a fighting century that rescued India out of trouble. Despite losing his partners at the other end, Pujara kept up the fight to the opposition and notched up his 7th Test ton.

#6 Amit Mishra frustrates Sri Lanka

Amit Mishra, who has made a successful comeback to the Indian team with his exploits with the ball in the two Tests so far, showed that he can be useful with the bat as well, scoring 59 to add to Sri Lanka’s frustrations.

#7 Sri Lankan fielding disappoints

Kaushal Silva drops a tough chance off centurion Cheteshwar Pujara. The hosts fielding disappointed overall as they failed to hold on to several good chances.

#8 Pujara steps up the scoring

Pujara began to unleash his strokes once he reached the three-figure mark and remained unbeaten on 135 at the end of the day’s play.

#9 Pujara & Mishra\'s 104-run partnership

Pujara & Mishra notched up the biggest partnership of the match so far adding 104 runs for the eighth wicket before Mishra was out stumped off the bowling of Rangana Herath.

#10 Rain forces closure of play

Dhammika Prasad, the pick of the bowlers for Sri Lanka with four wickets so far in the match, looks on as the rain comes pouring down forcing the end of play on Day 2.