In the first Test match against Sri Lanka, Team India's Devdutt Padikkal garnered 167 runs off 230 deliveries. His knock was laced with 15 boundaries and a maximum (Pic: X/@BCCI)

With this, he joined the elite list of Team India's batting legend Rahul Dravid and Cheteshwar Pujara by becoming the third Indian batter to score 150-plus against Sri Lanka while batting at No 3 (Pic: X/@ICC)

Dravid scored 177 in Ahmedabad back in 2009, whereas Pujara, who made 153 in Galle in 2017 (Pic: X/@ICC)

The century also marked Padikkal's maiden ton in the longest format of the game (Pic: X/@BCCI)

Riding on his exceptional knock, the visitors managed to post a total of 462 runs in 116.4 overs at the Galle International Cricket Stadium near Galle Fort (Pic: X/@BCCI)