SL looks to reach 550

Tillakaratne Dilshan said his team looks to reach 550 on Day 2 so that their spinners can apply pressure on the Indians in the second Test. He said he thinks it will be a good total and they have good bowlers like Ajantha Mendis, Dilhara Fernando, Dhamika Prasad and Suraj Randiv in the team to pressure on Indians. He defended his team's decision to go with four bowlers as they have an all-rounder in Angelo Mathews. Dilshan was happy that Tharanga, who scored 100, has become an opener as he have learnt not to waste the chances to score.

He said, Dilshan used to struggle while getting near his century. Now he is able to handle it and getting more 100s. When asked about doctor Eliyantha White whom he had visited during his finger injury, Dilshan said, he took some medicines from him and recovered quickly. He said he went twice to him and the doctor gave him some small liquid medicine to consume and the recovery was fast.