Sudharsan, Jurel, Rasheed put India A on top after Day 1

Sai Sudharsan struck a composed century before Dhruv Jurel and Shaik Rasheed's unbeaten fifties put India A in command on the opening day of the first unofficial Test against Sri Lanka A in Galle. After opting to bat, the visitors went to Stumps on Day 1 at 333 for 4 in 86 overs.

Sudharsan laid the platform with 132 off 175 balls at the top of the order, an innings that included 19 fours. He featured in an 82-run opening partnership with Ayush Pandey before Dilum Sudeera dismissed the latter. Sudeera then trapped Devdutt Padikkal lbw, delivering back-to-back wickets for Sri Lanka A.

Sudharsan added 90 runs for the third wicket with Ruturaj Gaikwad, dominating the partnership by scoring 63 himself. Gaikwad would eventually fall for 22, falling lbw to become Ravindu Fernando's lone wicket of the day.

Chamika Gunasekara dismissed Sudharsan with the score at 217 for 4, but that proved to be the last breakthrough Sri Lanka A managed on the day. Jurel and Rasheed added an unbeaten 116 runs for the fifth wicket from 198 deliveries. Jurel batted patiently for his 68* off 138 balls while Rasheed was the more fluent of the pair with 53* not out from 92 deliveries.

Brief scores:India A 333/4 in 86 overs (Sai Sudharsan 132, Dhruv Jurel 68*, Shaik Rasheed 53*; Dilum Sudeera 2-98) vs Sri Lanka A.