India's top batsmen, including skipper Virat Kohli, spent plenty of time in the middle as the visitors scored 312-9 on the second and final day of their warm-up tie against Sri Lanka Board's President XI which ended in a draw, in Colombo on Saturday.
Resuming at 135-3, overnight batsman Kohli slammed a fifty, while the rest of the middle-order -- Ajinkya Rahane (40), Rohit Sharma (38), Shikhar Dhawan (41) too looked in good touch as they spent some time at the crease before retiring.
Overnight batsmen Kohli and Rahane batted for just eight overs in the morning before retiring to give others a shot at some practice.
Kohli hit eight boundaries in his 78-ball innings, while Rahane hammered three fours in his 58-ball stay. Rohit and Shikhar then forged an 80-run partnership in 16 overs before retiring.
It was a good outing for Rohit, who scored at a brisk pace and his 49-ball innings had a four and two sixes.
Shikhar, who is also competing for the opening slot, was fluent as he blasted seven boundaries in his 48-ball innings.
Wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha (36 not out) and all-rounder Hardik Pandya (13) then took the crease after the 54th over but three overs later, the latter was dismissed by T Kaushal
Ravindra Jadeja, who scored a 32-ball 18 studded with two fours, too was stumped by Weerakkody off Kaushal's bowling to become only the second batsman to be dismissed today.
Wriddhiman's 40-ball innings was laced with two hits to the fence.
Kaushal ended the day with figures of 14-0-81-2. Vishwa Fernando (2/37) and Vikum Sanjaya (1/64) were the other wicket-takers for Sri Lanka Board President XI.
Scorecard (Day 2): India 1st Innings: (Overnight 135/3)
KL Rahul lbw b Sanjaya 54
A Mukund b Fernando 0
C Pujara b Fernando 12
V Kohli retd out 53
A Rahane retd out 40
R Sharma retd out 38
S Dhawan retd out 41
W Saha not out 36
H Pandya c Vithanage b T Kaushal 11
R Jadeja st Weerakkody b T Kaushal 18
Extras: (B-1, NB-8) 9
Total: (For 9 wickets in 68 overs) 312
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-46, 3-89, 4-166, 5-166, 6-246, 7-246, 8-267, 9-312
Bowling: V Fernando 10-0-37-2, L Gamage 17-1-65-0, V Sanjaya 12-0-64-1, K Rajitha 13-1-52-0, T Kaushal 14-0-81-2, S Jayasuriya 1-0-8-0, D de Silva 1-0-4-0.
