Galle (Sri Lanka), July 17: India will seek to end a 17-year-long series drought in Sri Lanka when they go into the three-match Test series against the island nation here tomorrow with a depleted bowling attack and dodgy form of some of their famed batsmen.

The last time India won a Test series in the island nation was in 1993 under Mohammed Azharuddin with a 1-0 scoreline and their track record has not been too impressive.But Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men are determined to change their fortune this time around and get the better of the hosts in what will be spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan's last Test appearance.

Handicapped by the absence of pace spearhead Zaheer Khan and S Sreesanth, the Indian bowling attack clearly lacks the bite as was evident in the three-day warm up game against the Sri Lanka Board President's XI.

-PTI