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Dhaka - Thilan Samaraweera scored an unbeaten 105 to lead Sri Lanka to a five-wicket victory over India in a triangular one-day series match in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka reached the target with 12 balls to spare.
India innings
Earlier, Yuvraj Singh scored a solid half-century to help India post a competitive 279-9.
India were struggling at 71-3 following a three-wicket burst from paceman Chanaka Welegedara, but Yuvraj came to their rescue with an 84-ball 74 in the day-night game.
Yuvraj put on 99 for the fourth wicket with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (37) after left-arm seamer Welegedara rocked India's top order in his lively opening spell.
Welegedara finished with 5-66, his maiden five-wicket haul in six one-day internationals.
He removed Gautam Gambhir (eight), Virat Kohli (nine) and Virender Sehwag (47) in his first spell before accounting for Suresh Raina (35) and Zaheer Khan (two) in the second.
Sehwag smashed nine fours in his impressive 31-ball cameo before being caught at mid-off by debutant Lahiru Thirimanne off a leading edge.
Yuvraj was more aggressive than his captain and reached his half-century in style, lofting part-time spinner Thilina Kandamby over long-on for a six.
He fell in a bid to step up the run-rate, caught in the deep off paceman Thissara Perera after hitting two sixes and six fours.
Ravindra Jadeja (39) and Raina then helped India set a challenging target with a 65-run stand for the sixth wicket.
Raina was on seven when given out caught behind off paceman Suranga Lakmal by Australian umpire Simon Taufel, who changed his decision after consulting the TV umpire.
The TV replays showed the ball had hit the ground before wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara held it.
Sri Lanka made three changes from the side that defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in the opening match on Monday.
Tillakaratne Dilshan and Chamara Silva were ruled out due to injuries and were replaced by Thirimanne and Perera. Paceman Thilan Thushara came in place of Nuwan Kulasekara.
Each team will play four league matches before the top two qualify for the final on January 13.
Teams:
Sri Lanka: WU Tharanga, KC Sangakkara (capt & wk), TT Samaraweera, SHT Kandamby, NLTC Perera, M Pushpakumara, HDRL Thirimanne, S Randiv, RAS Lakmal, T Thushara, UWMBCA Welegedara.
India: G Gambhir, V Sehwag, V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), SK Raina, RA Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, A Nehra, S Sreesanth.
Sri Lanka reached the target with 12 balls to spare.
India innings
Earlier, Yuvraj Singh scored a solid half-century to help India post a competitive 279-9.
India were struggling at 71-3 following a three-wicket burst from paceman Chanaka Welegedara, but Yuvraj came to their rescue with an 84-ball 74 in the day-night game.
Yuvraj put on 99 for the fourth wicket with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (37) after left-arm seamer Welegedara rocked India's top order in his lively opening spell.
Welegedara finished with 5-66, his maiden five-wicket haul in six one-day internationals.
He removed Gautam Gambhir (eight), Virat Kohli (nine) and Virender Sehwag (47) in his first spell before accounting for Suresh Raina (35) and Zaheer Khan (two) in the second.
Sehwag smashed nine fours in his impressive 31-ball cameo before being caught at mid-off by debutant Lahiru Thirimanne off a leading edge.
Yuvraj was more aggressive than his captain and reached his half-century in style, lofting part-time spinner Thilina Kandamby over long-on for a six.
He fell in a bid to step up the run-rate, caught in the deep off paceman Thissara Perera after hitting two sixes and six fours.
Ravindra Jadeja (39) and Raina then helped India set a challenging target with a 65-run stand for the sixth wicket.
Raina was on seven when given out caught behind off paceman Suranga Lakmal by Australian umpire Simon Taufel, who changed his decision after consulting the TV umpire.
The TV replays showed the ball had hit the ground before wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara held it.
Sri Lanka made three changes from the side that defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in the opening match on Monday.
Tillakaratne Dilshan and Chamara Silva were ruled out due to injuries and were replaced by Thirimanne and Perera. Paceman Thilan Thushara came in place of Nuwan Kulasekara.
Each team will play four league matches before the top two qualify for the final on January 13.
Teams:
Sri Lanka: WU Tharanga, KC Sangakkara (capt & wk), TT Samaraweera, SHT Kandamby, NLTC Perera, M Pushpakumara, HDRL Thirimanne, S Randiv, RAS Lakmal, T Thushara, UWMBCA Welegedara.
India: G Gambhir, V Sehwag, V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), SK Raina, RA Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, A Nehra, S Sreesanth.
