Taking a dig at Sri Lankan players for halting second day's play during the third Test in Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, veteran journalist Sunandan Lele has said the visiting team did that intentionally to break the rhythm of the Indian batsmen. Indian skipper Virat Kohli batted for nearly seven and half hours to notch his career-best knock of 243 runs before he was forced to declare the innings 536-7 after Sri Lankan players halted Day Two play for 26 minutes, citing uneasiness due to poor air quality caused by smog in the national capital.

Indian skipper Virat Kohli, seen through Sri Lankan, during the second day of their third test cricket match against India in New Delhi on Sunday. PTI Photo