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Dhruv Jurel\u2019s unbeaten 115 powered India \u200bto a commanding 503-9 before they declared late on day two of \u200cthe second and final Test against Sri Lanka on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n Rain and bad light meant India could bowl only three overs, which proved enough to prise out Lahiru Udara and nightwatchman Prabath Jayasuriya \u200band restrict Sri Lanka to eight for two, still 495 runs behind.<\/p>\n India took \u200bcontrol after a resilient lower-order batting display led by Jurel\u2019s second \u2060Test hundred, an innings studded with nine fours and two sixes.<\/p>\n India had resumed at \u200b300-5 at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, with Rishabh Pant due back after retiring \u200bhurt on Sunday following a forearm blow.<\/p>\n Seamer Asitha Fernando (4-106) struck in the second over, removing Saransh Jain for six, but the collapse Sri Lanka craved never materialised.<\/p>\n Pant joined Jurel to add 112 for \u200bthe seventh wicket and tighten India\u2019s grip. Bruised but undeterred, Pant reached a \u200bcombative fifty before lunch and departed soon after for 63, stepping out to Nuwantha Keshara and miscuing \u200cto \u2060long-off.<\/p>\n Manav Suthar fell soon after, yet Jurel held firm as India\u2019s advantage swelled until rain again forced the players from the field.<\/p>\n Jurel lingered on 99 before completing his century with a risky single \u2014 tapping Fernando to mid-off and diving home as a \u200bdirect hit would have \u200bdismissed him. Rising \u2060to his feet, he dusted himself off and embraced his partner Mohammed Siraj.<\/p>\n Liberated by the milestone, Jurel launched Fernando for six over \u200blong-on and, in the seamer\u2019s next over, pulled another into \u200bthe stands.<\/p>\n India \u2060struck with the ball when Yashasvi Jaiswal flew to his right at third slip to take a catch and dismiss Udara.<\/p>\n The deteriorating light forced India to introduce spin, and Suthar \u2060struck \u200bin his first over by trapping Jayasuriya LBW.<\/p>\n Jaiswal and \u200bSri Lanka\u2019s Fernando were fined 25% of their match fees and received one demerit point each for \u200btheir on-field altercation on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n