Margao: Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene today said his team was determined to sign off on a victorious note in the four-match one-day series against India to keep the winning momentum going ahead of their campaign in the World Cup.

"We want to keep our winning momentum going. It's a big challenge to play in India and we want to go home by clinching the series at least with a 2-1 margin," the middle order batsman said here during a promotional function of the Sri Lankan Airlines here.

The Lankans scored a thrilling five-run victory over India at Rajkot yesterday to take a 1-0 lead in the series which has now effectively been reduced to a best-of-three following the washed out opener at Kolkata on February 8.

Asked about the absence of Sri Lanka's most successful one-day bowlers Chaminda Vaas and Muthiah Muralitharan, Jayawardene reiterated that their non-availability for the short tour had provided chances to some others to shine.

"They were not fit and we did not want to aggravate the injuries with the World Cup coming up. There are other bowlers who are equally good and we wanted to try them out," he said.

"We will be happy if either India or Sri Lanka win the World Cup, but we want to win it," he added.