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Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene spoke on Monday ahead of his side's Tri-series tournament clash with India at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Tuesday.

India need to beat Sri Lanka by a huge margin in order to keep their hopes alive.

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Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene has said Sachin Tendulkar isn't the only player his team has to be wary off when the two sides meet in Tuesday's tri-series one-day international in Hobart.

The match will be the Indian batting great's last innings in Australia, unless his team manage a bonus-point victory over Sri Lanka - the only way they can stay alive for the series finals.

To date it's been a forgettable tour for the Indians and Tendulkar hasn't been able to achieve his 100th international century.

But his ability's not being discounted by Jayawardene.

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SUPERCAPTION: Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene

(about the fact that Sachin Tendulkar is not the only dangerman in the Indian side)

"They've got some quality players - Virou (Virender Sehwag), (Mass M.S. Dhoni), Virat (Virat Kohli) - all those guys. So, like I said, we have to respect them as a team and play good cricket, as simple as that. We need to control what we can control out there and have a lot of focus in executing a good game plan."

Jayawardene also talked about the youngsters in the Sri Lanka side and what he's hoping they can bring to the team.

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SUPERCAPTION: Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene

"That's what we try to create all these youngsters - it's not just about the talent, it's about reading situations, reading the game because you can bring a lot of batters out there - 50 per cent of your batting is going up here (points to his head) so as long as they have that attitude that will be good for us."

The Tri-series tournament clash between Pakistan and India takes place at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Tuesday.