Dimuth Karunaratne quietly confident of Sri Lanka doing to India what they did in South Africa

Sri Lanka have played 20 Tests in India, lost 11, and won zero. Even the great Sri Lanka teams – those featuring Muthiah Muralidaran, Chaminda Vaas, Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya – never really got close.

Dimuth Karunaratne is leading a much-less lauded group of players, but it’s not like this group hasn’t made history before, Sri Lanka’s captain said on the eve of the series. Not even India have won in South Africa. In 2019, this Sri Lanka side did, even if that was on the drier coastal pitches in Durban and Port Elizabeth…