India vs Sri Lanka 2017: 1st Test, day 1 - 5 things we learnt from the day

#1 A short teaser to South Africa?

Lakmal's spell exposed several flaws in India's top order

Suranga Lakmal's outrageous opening spell on a pitch eerily reminiscent of the Bull Ring in South Africa brought back the ever familiar question: are India equipped enough to handle seam on seaming tracks?

They countered the likes of James Anderson, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Trent Boult during the extended home season, but how good are they if the pitch aids these pacers?

If Lakmal, with a wayward Lahiru Gamage at the other end, could test the Indian batsmen every single ball, how well would this batting line-up, despite all their humungous achievements in recent times, fare against Kagiso Rabada, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander and possibly even Dale Steyn? Several question marks hang over India after day 1 at Kolkata provided a teaser of India's January 2018 in the Rainbow Nation.