India vs Sri Lanka 2017, 2nd Test, Day 3: 5 things we learnt from the day

#5 Pujara's strange hundred

Pujara's sedate century came a tad too slow perhaps

India had time on their hands - a pretty hand lead and more than two days to bowl at the Lankans. But perhaps what this Virat Kohli outfit is known to do - ruthlessness - was lacking. Pujara took his own, sweet time, picking his gaps, putting away the loose balls and leaving and defending quite a lot of them while Kohli raced past his three-figure mark in no time.

At one point, it seemed like the skipper would beat Pujara to the 150 mark. But the no.3 couldn't quite cross it as he was undone by a really full ball from Dasun Shanaka for 143. If he had indeed crossed that mark, it would have been his seventh score of 150 or more. But that was not to be today.

Although the ton came up sedate and slow, his mountain of runs before the South African tour would please the Indian management.