[private]It was Suresh raina who stroke a memorable century that became a pillar for India to avoid the follow on. This feat was achieved in the second test against the srilanka. India went to lunch with a score of 477. IN the first innings, Sri Lanka has a score of 642 for four, declared on the fourth day.

India lags behind the host by 165 runs and 1-0 in the three test series. Both the talented batsmen from India batted for the entire morning session. This added 95 runs in the 27 overs. There was no loss of wicket. Sachin tendulkar remained not out at 152 and raina 112 mot out at the break.

Raina faced an attack from dilhara Fernando but could not overpower him.  Apart from this, suraj randhiv troubled tendulkar but could succeed. The serenity of tendulkar helped to achieve this.[/private]