India celebrates the Armed Forces week from December 1-7.
Earlier, the hosts won the toss and elected to bat, which attracted a huge flow of weekend crowd across the stands.
India's ploy to tweak the opening combination by bringing back Shikhar Dhawan in place of Lokesh Rahul, earned them a 42-run stand before the southpaw became Dilruwan Perera's 100th Test wicket.
Fresh from a brilliant comeback century in the Nagpur Test, the other opener Murali Vijay stood rock solid with No.3 Cheteshwar Pujara in company.
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