India's R Ashwin celebrates the dismissal of Sri Lanka's Upul Tharanga on Day Two of the second Test in Colombo yesterday. Pic/AP,PTI

For four and a half hours, Sri Lanka's spinners did all they could to make inroads into an Indian batting line-up that is high on confidence, skill and application. The only relief for the bowling unit, which was without the services of their lone quick bowler, Nuwan Pradeep, was that neither Cheteshwar Pujara (133) nor Ajinkya Rahane (132) were able to cash in and go big.