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India have outplayed Sri Lanka so far in the series. After winning the first Test by 165 runs, India have been as dominant in the second Test. They scored 503 in the first innings, courtesy of Devdutt Padikkal and Dhruv Jurel’s centuries, and bowled out Sri Lanka for 290 before enforcing the follow-on. For Sri Lanka, Sonal Dinusha, who had a fantastic outing in the first Test, scoring a century and a fifty in two innings, remains the key. He has shown in the previous test that he can hang around and frustrate the Indian bowlers. The more runs Sri Lanka score on Day 5, with the weather around, the more it will get tougher for India to win.