Murli Vijay slams century, India 185/1 at tea
Nagpur, Nov 25 (IBNS) : A brilliant century by Murli Vijay and his 178-run partnership with Cheteshar Pujara helped India have a solid foundation with 185 for the loss of one wicket at tea on the second day of the second test match against Sri Lanka.
India, who recovered from the early loss of Lokesh Rahul on Friday and settled well, courtesy the two gutsy batsmen, however, still trail by 20 runs.
Vijay, who made a commendable test comeback, was not out with 106-his innings embellished with nine boundaries and one over boundary.
Pujara, on the other hand, played his usual anchor role to remain not out with 71 playing 183 balls. He also hit nine boundaries.
The first day's play on Friday had ended with India struggling at 11 for one in reply to Sri Lanka's 205.
With an apparently easy task in hand, the Indians started their innings on a sour note as opener Lokesh Rahul returned to the pavilion in the third over.
Earlier, Indian spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja had shared seven wickets between them with the former claiming four, while pacer Ishant Sharma picked up the rest giving away only only 37 runs.
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