<p class="title">Kolkata, PTI: Sri Lanka head coach Nic Pothas says the debacle against India taught them a few lessons and they will not be awestruck by the fancied hosts since they are a much better team now.</p>.<p class="title">India had whitewashed Sri Lanka in all formats - three Tests, five ODIs and one T20I -- when they toured the Island nation in July-September.</p>.<p class="title">"Thanks for reminding us now (the defeats). It's always a pleasure to come here and challenge ourselves against a very very good team," the South African said.</p>.<p class="title">After their forgettable India tour, Sri Lanka showed character to bounce back and beat Pakistan 2-0 in UAE in the Test series.</p>.<p class="title">"We learnt how Indian team does well and the areas we needed to improve."</p>.<p class="title">Asked what changed in such a short span of two months, he said: "It's internal -- the discipline, the culture and how the teams stick together. When we took on India, we were all pretty new from the support staff and the players involved."</p>.<p class="title">Stressing the need to focus on their strengths, Pothas urged his players not to get enamoured by India.</p>.<p class="title">"We focus on ourselves. The mistake you can make here is come and be infatuated with the Indian side and concentrating too much on them. We know they are a good side. But we played them months ago.</p>.<p class="title">"We are concentrating on our strengths and jobs. If we execute them well, it will be a challenging series. Not many teams have come here and won. Sometimes you can get hung up on weaknesses. We go the other way and focus on what we do well."</p>
<p class="title">Kolkata, PTI: Sri Lanka head coach Nic Pothas says the debacle against India taught them a few lessons and they will not be awestruck by the fancied hosts since they are a much better team now.</p>.<p class="title">India had whitewashed Sri Lanka in all formats - three Tests, five ODIs and one T20I -- when they toured the Island nation in July-September.</p>.<p class="title">"Thanks for reminding us now (the defeats). It's always a pleasure to come here and challenge ourselves against a very very good team," the South African said.</p>.<p class="title">After their forgettable India tour, Sri Lanka showed character to bounce back and beat Pakistan 2-0 in UAE in the Test series.</p>.<p class="title">"We learnt how Indian team does well and the areas we needed to improve."</p>.<p class="title">Asked what changed in such a short span of two months, he said: "It's internal -- the discipline, the culture and how the teams stick together. When we took on India, we were all pretty new from the support staff and the players involved."</p>.<p class="title">Stressing the need to focus on their strengths, Pothas urged his players not to get enamoured by India.</p>.<p class="title">"We focus on ourselves. The mistake you can make here is come and be infatuated with the Indian side and concentrating too much on them. We know they are a good side. But we played them months ago.</p>.<p class="title">"We are concentrating on our strengths and jobs. If we execute them well, it will be a challenging series. Not many teams have come here and won. Sometimes you can get hung up on weaknesses. We go the other way and focus on what we do well."</p>