India to go for kill

After starting the series with a crushing victory, an upbeat India will aim to maintain their stranglehold over an under-prepared Sri Lanka when they meet in the second ODI on Thursday. Needless to say India will start as overwhelming favourites at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, having walloped the opponents by 169 runs in the opening match. Coming on as last-minute substitutes after the Windies pull out, nothing went right for the islanders, who had to leave behind their fitness training programme at home to get ready for this tour, in the Cuttack opener. The Islanders will face a another big task at the batting-friendly Motera track on Thursday.