that is true...that srilanka's approach to the game is similar to india. i certainly think that was the case a year back. but if u see we have come out of tricky situations on the england tour, tests and ODI's. remember the 7th ODI where a freak partnership between zaheer and murali karthik bailed us out. even as recent as the pak series we were four wickets down in the last test when dravid and yuvraj bailed us out with a 300 run partnership. even in the test series against australia sydney, perth adelaide saw some remarkable recoveries from being down and out and coming back from behind. i felt even the MCG ODI was a tricky one at 102-5 where the composure of sharma and dhoni won the game. i felt that srilanka are still searching for that one good performance from someone to guide themselves to win. the hallmark of a good team is allround effort, i felt india lacked it before and is now slowly developing it and it was showcased in the perth win where it was hard to find a 'man of the match'. isn't it good team effort which gives south africa that edge even though they lack champion performers except maybe pollock. and i thought that same team effort was what took srilanka to the finals of WC 2007.its hard to believe its the same team playing this tri-series when they look so dis-oriented except maybe that their fielding is better than the indians.