Sri Lanka is staring down the barrel at 44-3 after Australia achieved its largest ever total in Asia — 654-6 declared — on day two of the first test in Galle.

Australia's Usman Khawaja struck a maiden double hundred and Josh Inglis got a century on his test debut against Sri Lanka to power the tourists to a mammoth 654 for six before they declared their first innings on day two of the opening test on Thursday.

Australia opener Usman Khawaja scored his maiden double hundred in Tests on Day 2 of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle. He became the first Australian to achieve the landmark in Sri Lanka.