India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit the winning runs in the last over to reach his half-century and help his team sneak past Sri Lanka's total of 238-6.
Yuvraj Singh, who has struggled for runs all summer, found form at the perfect time to score an invaluable 76 and guide his team to their second win from six matches in the series.
India now have 12 points and trail Australia, who top the standings with 17 from five games. Sri Lanka are bottom with just six points from their five outings.
Sri Lanka:
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Dhoni b Patel 4
Sanath Jayasuriya run out (Patel) 0
Kumar Sangakkara c Kumar b Pathan 128
Mahela Jayawardene run out (Kumar) 71
Chamara Kapugedera run out (Rohit) 1
Chamara Silva c Uthappa b Harbhajan 21
Farveez Maharoof not out 3
Chaminda Vaas not out 1
Extras (lb 4, w 4, nb 1) 9
Total (for six wickets in 50 overs) 238
Bowling:
Munaf Patel 9 2 38 1 (1w)
Ishant Sharma 10 0 44 0
Irfan Pathan 10 0 44 1 (2w)
Parveen Kumar 10 0 49 0 (1nb)
Harbhajan Singh 10 0 54 1
Yuvraj Singh 1 0 5 0 (1w)
India:
Gautam Gambhir c Sangakkara b Amerasinghe 15
Sachin Tendulkar b Malinga 0
Robin Uthappa run out (Jayasuriya) 10
Rohit Sharma c Silva b Muralitharan 24
Yuvraj Singh b Vaas 76
Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 50
Irfan Pathan b Amerasinghe 31
Praveen Kumar c Jayawardene b Amerasinghe 6
Harbhajan Singh lbw b Malinga 3
Ishant Sharma not out 0
Total: (for 8 wickets in 49.1 overs) 239
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Tendulkar, 1.1 overs), 2-33 (Uthappa, 9.6), 3-35 (Gambhir, 11.4), 4-99 (R. Sharma, 23.2), 5-158 (Yuvraj, 32.6), 6-216 (Pathan, 45.3), 7-229 (Kumar, 47.4), 8-236 (Harbhajan, 48.4)
Bowling:
Chaminda Vaas 10 0 27 1
Lasith Malinga 10 1 37 2 (4w)
Ishara Amerasinghe 10 0 49 3 (1w)
Farveez Maharoof 6.1 0 43 0 (2w)
Muttiah Muralitharan 10 0 44 1 (1w)
Sanath Jayasuriya 2 0 14 0
Tillakaratne Dilshan 1 0 11 0
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