In the ongoing Test match between India and Sri Lanka at Galle, the hosts suffered a huge blow on very first day of the match as their middle-order batsman Asela Gunaratne was ruled out of the game with a fractured left thumb.

Aside, India’s opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan struck a brilliant century with the help of Chestheswar Pujara. Both the batsmen stirred Sri Lankan bowlers to score centuries and put on 253-run partnership respectively.

Dhawan opened the innings with Abhinav Mukund (12) and the two batsmen didn’t have enough partnership. Captain Kohli became the third man to fall to Nuwan Pradeep. Kohli was initially given not out but Herath decided to review the decision. Replays show a splinter of wood flying off the bat, a clear sign of a nick. The decision is reversed and Kohli walked to the pavilion.

Pujara and Rahane are negating the new ball quite well and defensively both the looking very solid. The duo is batting beautifully out there and keeping the scoreboard ticking as India edge closer to the 400 run mark in the first day of the Test.

As opener Abhinav Mukund, captain Virat Kohli failed to score and Dhawan, Pujara slamming Sri Lankan bowlers, Twitter hailed them. Here are few interesting Twitter Reactions.

160* Off 151 Balls. Someone Should Remind Shikhar Dhawan It’s Test Match, Not #T20 Or ODI. All The Best For 200. 🙏#INDvSL #IndvsSL #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/2MhwfHRFy7

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) July 26, 2017

Tremendous pressure on Virat Kohli. He has to prove Ravi Shastri is his best partner. Even better than Anushka. #INDvSL

— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) July 26, 2017

#INDvSL #GalleTest, Day 1

Cheteshwar Pujara slams 12th Test ton | IND 319/3https://t.co/Mm67NP0Hyf pic.twitter.com/8bXsncDcQH

— Zee News Sports (@ZeeNewsSports) July 26, 2017

Height is , abhinav mukund can play as a opener but not gautam gambhir , wow salute to team selector @BCCI

— PARIK SINGH (@pariksh91750345) July 26, 2017

Why Abhinav Mukund instead of Rohit Sharma? Just why?? #INDvSL

— Jessy Rajkumari (@RajkumariJessy) July 26, 2017

Just a begining….? Don’t be sad…👏#ShikharDhawan #INDvSL #SLvIND #IndvsSL #India #SriLanka pic.twitter.com/C6ejviTYoS

— SWEEPCRICKET (@SWEEPCRICKET) July 26, 2017

a great innings by dhawan and pujara#INDvSL

— Cl¡nt○n (@clintondsilva09) July 26, 2017

Murali Vijay and KL Rahul after Dhawan’s innings. #IndvSL pic.twitter.com/NM1xZX3Dgr

— Silly Point 🏏‏ (@FarziCricketer) July 26, 2017

Effortless batting from Shikhar Dhawan
Effort-less bowling from Sri Lankan bowlers

— Shubh AggarWall (@shubh_chintak) July 26, 2017

Dhawan gives it away, and Lara breathes again… #slvind

— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) July 26, 2017

If life gives you another chance, grab it like Dhawan. Bossed his way to his highest Test score… #SLvInd

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) July 26, 2017

Dhawan’s great gift is his instinctive ability to find gaps. Will do well to control that occasional rush of blood to go over the top.

— cricBC (@cricBC) July 26, 2017

Kohli out cheaply, just like Kumble, recently.#SLvIND

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) July 26, 2017

India’s best Test batsman on Asian soil at present.. can’t remember Cheteshwar Pujara faring poorly even in one Test series in Asia #IndvsSL

— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra) July 26, 2017

Cheteshwar Pujara, with 12 Test hundreds now, is a real disservice to arrogance#SLvIND

— Pratyush Sinha (@prat1204) July 26, 2017

Pujara’s first bearded century.#SLvIND

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) July 26, 2017

New season, different beard, same result for Pujara. Another ton.#SLvInd #SLvsInd

— Suneer (@suneerchowdhary) July 26, 2017

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