August 4, 2017 7:00 PM

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Sri Lanka 50/2 against India at stumps on day 2

India have set themselves up for another big win in the ongoing Three-Test series against Sri Lanka. After beating the hosts by 304 runs in the first match at Galle, the visitors were strongly placed in the second Test on Day Two today. Replying to India's huge first innings score of 622 for nine declared, Sri Lanka were reeling at 50 for two at stumps, with Ravichandran Ashwin taking both the wickets. Kusal Mendis on 16 and skipper Dinesh Chandimal on 8 were at the crease. The batsmen out were Dimuth Karunaratne for 25 and Upul Tharanga for no score. The hosts face now a daunting task of saving the game and also the series with the pitch offering plenty to the spinners. Earlier, resuming the day at their overnight 344 for three, India crossed the 600-run mark for the second game in a row. Overnight centurions Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane could not add much to their individual scores. While Pujara was out for 133, Rahane returned to the pavilion for 132. But Ravichandran Ashwin's 54, Wriddhiman Saha's 67 and Ravindra Jadeja's unbeaten 70, helped India pile up a massive score. Ashwin, batting at number six, struck his 11th Test fifty on way to becoming the fourth Indian to complete a double of 200 wickets and 2000 runs. He also became the fourth quickest in Test history to get to the milestone in 51 Tests, after Ian Botham (England, 42 Tests), Kapil Dev (India, 50 Tests) and Imran Khan (Pakistan, 50 Tests).

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