India are tearing it up at the moment, handing Sri Lanka beating after beating in their five game ODI series on the island. Not content with leading 4-0, key players are making big scores and the Sri Lankans, no muppets themselves, aren’t getting to them.

Game 1 - Sri Lanka batted first, scored 246 and saw it chased down easily. Jayasuriya may have scored a century but the pace wasn’t enough and India got there with little alarm with just under two overs to go and six wickets in hand.

Game 2 - The closest of the four. India batted first and made 256/9 – not at Dambulla, a traditionally low scoring venue, but in Colombo. They defended the total by 15 runs, with Ishant Sharma taking four wickets as the host side’s tail subsided. Yuvraj Singh made 66 to top score for India.

Game 3 – A beating. Massive partnership between Yuvraj (117) and Sehwag (116) formed the bedrock of a score of 363. Sri Lanka came nowhere near. 147 run wins are as comprehensive as this.

Game 4 – The Gautem Gambhir show as the new Indian batting star made 150 in India’s innings of 332, as Sri Lanka yet again failed to stem the flow. Dhoni added 94 to this total as the Indians rested Tendulkar. Sri Lanka fell well short.

India are winning one day cricket, and given the next tournament is at home, must be favourites for the World Cup. They can bat anyone out of games, have the best ODI batsman in the world, in my opinion, in Yuvraj Singh, and a ton of talent to back him up. To win so well in Sri Lanka, with no excuses for the home team, is a great performance. The only fear for them is they’ve peaked too soon. My dilemma, is who out of Yuvraj, Gambhir, or Lendl Simmons, is player of the week!