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Can Sri Lanka erase the nightmares of the past? India will look to inflict more pain. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE.  (eLanka Sports Editor) After a colourful and successful completion of the Lanka Premier League, (LPL), battle lines are drawn for the much anticipated T20 and One-dayers against the might of India which is being staged in Sri Lanka.  The Indians arrived in the Island hot favourites to repeat the humiliation they inflicted over the hosts when they last met. But there is growing belief among the  beleaguered Lankans that they are up to the fight this time around.  A reshuffled Lankan team under the captaincy of Charith Asalanka and a new directional input from new administrators under former Sri Lanka opening batter Upul Tharanga ushers in with it, optimism and a hope of a turnaround of their dwindling fortunes.  The resignation of English coach Chris Silverwood after a ...