Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene felt the performances of Malinda Warnapura and Thilan Samaraweera took the pressure off him as the hosts piled on the runs in the first Test against India.
The trio all made centuries as Sri Lanka ended the second day on Thursday on 4-422.
Jayawardene said: "The wicket played really well, but you still have to dig in deep, spend some time out there and get the runs."
"I am very happy with the way the guys batted - Malinda batted very well and Thilan as well, so it took a bit of pressure of me. And I went about my batting normally."
Jayawardene's century was his ninth at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground, and he admitted the wicket favoured the batsmen.
"I'm quite used to playing on this wicket. I've played first class cricket here for almost 10 years," he said.
"It's just that it's a very good wicket to bat on, especially on the first two, three days. The ball comes on nicely and generally it's a very batsman-friendly wicket."
Jayawardene added the Sri Lankans had not set a target they were looking to reach on Friday.
"We haven't made any plans for tomorrow. We lost a bit of play yesterday, but still we are catching up on the overs," he said.
"The wicket is playing well and if we put on a decent score we can put the Indian batsmen under pressure. We haven't set a target as yet, but I think we need to just go about it normally. We are getting runs and we just need to continue doing that."
Jayawardene also gave his backing to the umpire referral system, which allows each team to challenge the umpire's decision. The system is being trialled for the first time in Test cricket in this series.
He added: "I'm a big fan of the umpire referral system because its obviously going to eradicate mistakes from the umpire."
"They are pretty happy with it and hopefully we can improve on this. It's definitely better for the game."
India coach Gary Kirsten admitted his side's bowling would have to improve on Friday if it was to claw its way back into the match.
"It's a bit disappointing. I don't think we have bowled as well as we would have liked to and gave a few chances away," Kirsten said.
"It was a tough day for us. But all credit to the Sri Lankans. Three hundreds in an innings is a fantastic effort."
"We have a lot of work to do. It's difficult to work out what they might want to do you know they might want to bat on for a bit. So we'll just go out there and see what their plans are."
Kirsten claimed his team would be prepared for another tough day in the field on Friday.
"We've got only four wickets in the day so we might have to spend some time out in the field tomorrow," he said.
"We are going to make sure that we are ready to do whatever we might have to do on the field and do it as well as possible."
"If we keep it under 500 it would be great, but that would be difficult as they are in a strong position from a batting point of view."
"We would have to go out there and equal their display with the bat. We have experienced