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Opener Gautam Gambhir top-scored with 167 as India piled up a record 417-2 on the first day Tuesday of the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka.Gambhir shared 233 runs for the opening wicket with Virender Sehwag (131) and another 137 for the second with Rahul Dravid to help the home side score their highest Test total in a day's play.India's previous best score in a day's play was 386-1 against South Africa in Chennai in March 2008.Dravid was unbeaten on 85 while Sachin Tendulkar was batting on 20 when stumps were drawn for the day.Spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan (2-100) dismissed both Gambhir and Sehwag on an otherwise disappointing day for the Sri Lankans, seeking their first Test win on Indian soil.India's opening pair set the home side up for a big first-innings total on a track that offered little assistance to the bowlers, after captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat.The third and final Test begins in Mumbai on December 2.
