The fourth day of the second Test match between India and Sri Lanka ensured that the worst thoughts of the fans would come true. On a track that was devoid of any assistance for the bowling team, the batsmen continued to dominate, the records continued to fall, and in the end, the game continued to veer towards a bowing draw. 
Resuming on their overnight score 382/4, the Indians needed to score another 60 runs to make Sri Lanka bat again. The Indians knew that they had to bat for about a couple of sessions and the game would end in a draw. Sri Lanka, on the other hand would have realised that this was probably the last chance in the game to force a result – get the overnight batsmen out early and run through the rest of the tail.
As it turned out, the pair of Sachin Tendulkar and Suresh Raina proved to be difficult to dislodge. There were hardly any false strokes and even lesser assistance from the track. Immediately after the first drinks interval, Raina got to his maiden Test match 100, to make him the ninth Indian to score a century in his first ever innings in Tests. This was followed Tendulkar getting to a 150 and then to his double century – his fifth in Tests – as Sri Lanka went wicket-less in the first session and added only the wicket of Raina later.
At tea, the Indians were 589/5, with captain MS Dhoni having completed his half century as well, and though Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh were both dismissed in the same over, India easily took the lead.
By the time the stumps were drawn, the Indians were at a whopping 669/9, becoming only the fourth instance where both teams had got to 600s in their first innings. The Indians were ahead by 27 runs, and will resume on the fifth day with Ishant Sharma and Pragyan Ojha at the crease.
Mendis scalped four wickets but conceded 163 runs, whereas the surprise package of the bowling attack was T Dilshan who ended with the wickets of Tendulkar, Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh.
The fifth day of the Test match should be a mere formality before the game is called off.