.Rain got heavier as the day went on with chances of play looking highly unlikely

Shikhar Dhawan started slowly but got going soon after

Murali Vijay was much more circumspect but gradually batted with more fluency

The duo became the 6th Indian opening pair to aggregate 1000 runs in Test cricket as they put on a good partnership

Just before the lunch break rain halted proceedings

Shikhar Dhawan scored a superb hundred in his comeback game

Vijay and Dhawan shared an unbeaten 239-run stand with the latter getting 150

Murali Vijay was solid as ever as he registered yet another fifty