COLOMBO, AUG 7: The Indian team management today came down heavily on the Sri Lankan approach in the first Test at the Premadasa Stadium that ended in a draw here.

``If the innings was continued only to see Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama break records, then it was settled within the first 17 minutes of the day,'' said the Indian manager Ratnakar Shetty. ``There was no need to prolong the innings further.''

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