CRICKET IN SRI LANKA
India set sights on huge Test cricket total
Galle — Shikhar Dhawan smashed a career-best 190 on his Test return and Cheteshwar Pujara hit 144 not out to put India on course for a huge first innings total in the first Test against Sri Lanka on Wednesday. The duo shared a 253-run second-wicket stand, with Dhawan playing the aggressor and Pujara the accumulator as India dominated the opening day to reach 399/3 at stumps. Ajinkya Rahane was batting on 39 with Pujara, their fourth-wicket association already worth 113 runs. With regular openers Murali Vijay and Lokesh Rahul indisposed, Dhawan and Abhinav Mukund opened the Indian innings after captain Virat Kohli opted to bat in the first match of the three-Test series. Mukund fell for 12 to Nuwan Pradeep, but Dhawan grabbed the opportunity with both hands — and appeared to have luck on his side. The 31-year-old was on 31 when he lashed at Lahiru Kumara, only for Asela Gunaratne to spill the catch at second slip. Compounding Sri Lanka’s crisis, Gunaratne had to be rushed to Colombo ...
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