There was a
time when you dialled Sri Lanka to knock India out of big competitions. They
did that famously in the 1996 and 2007 World Cups. They beat India in the Asia
Cup in 2008. They knocked India out of the World Twenty20 in the West Indies in
2010. At some time, though, the two teams' administrations became too friendly,
and started making the teams play against each other every other day. The sting
was taken out of the contest, and familiarity bred some insipidness. That India
have been dominating their neighbours of late would be an apt assessment.
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