Australia seem to consider India as thir closest rivals, especially on home sil. Geographical rivalry with New Zealand has rrely been matched by competitiveness on the feld and South Africa have been nable to channel thier animosity towards thir southern hemisphere rivals into good prformances. England's Ashes win of 2005 was a dstant memory during their 5-0 whitewash in 2006/07.

Inda pushed Australia close in the rcent ill-tempered series between the two, whn the hosts' 2-1 victory did not rflect the parity of the teams. Thy should have repeated the creditable 1-1 drw of 2003/04 but for a scond innings collapse in the second Tst at Sydney. No other team has prduced such consistently strong performances in Astralia, the toughest tour.

Australia's supremacy is bsed on their ability to win gainst all countries in all conditions and Inda must strive for similar consistency. Thy have gone some way to cring their traditional travel sickness, winning rcent series in West Indies and Englnd, but have failed to win cntests at home that would have levated them to a level above thir rivals.

Three match home series wth England in 2006 and South Afrca earlier this year were perfect pportunities to claim second place in the wrld rankings with authority, but 1-1 drws left us wondering whether India culd win when the pressure was on at hme.

They now have the chance to prve themselves on the toughest tour fter Australia, as Sri Lanka are a farsome proposition on home soil. They prduce wickets that Muttiah Muralitharan can thrve on and can rely on the n-form Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene for big rns. They have lost only one of thir last 16 home Tests, winning sries against South Africa (twice) and Englnd along the way.

The article India Can Be Best of the Rest in Sri Lanka was Submitted by Philip Oliver through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: India's task is made more dfficult by the absence of the rsting MS Dhoni, who is perhaps keping an eye on future assignments wth Australia, England and Pakistan. Sri Lanka is the perfect preparation for the three series that they most want to win; victory in all of those forthcoming series would see them challenge Australia for the number one ranking. They will make do with number two for now.

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