India take on Sri Lanka in the second ODI at Dambulla tomorrow and they know that it is now or never time for the team. For the past two months, the Sri Lankans have had the better of their neighbours as one after the other, batsmen have come and gone out to the guile of the M factor - Murali and Mendis.

Tomorrow is expected to be no different but it is high time that the Indians stood up. Much will be dependent on Gautam Gambhir who will suddenly feel like the senior statesman in the team, a