India were all but knocked out of the cricket World Cup after going down to Sri Lanka by 69 runs in the Group B one-dayer at the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain
Chasing a target of 255, India were all out for 185 in 43.3 overs, to end up with one win and two losses in the group phase.
Only a loss to Bangladesh, who had upset India in an earlier match, against minnows Bermuda in the last match in the group can see India sneak through on a better run-rate.
Sri Lanka had already qualified for the Super Eight after beating Bermuda and Bangladesh in their previous matches.
India had a shaky start when they lost Robin Uthappa (18), Sourav Ganguly (7) and Sachin Tendulkar (0) for 44.
Virender Sehwag (48) and Rahul Dravid (60) rebuilt the innings before a middle order collapse reduced them to 112 for six.
Earlier, Sri Lanka weathered a tidy bowling performance by India to post a challenging 254 for 6 at the Queen's Park Oval.
The Lankans owed their total to a 83-run partnership between Chamara Silva and Tillekaratne Dilshan after opener Upul Tharanga had done the spade work.
Left-handed Tharanga made a chanceless 64 to set the platform for Silva and Dilshan to provide the late thrust.
Silva, hit 59, his fourth consecutive half-century and third at the World Cup in as many as matches while Dilshan played a compact innings of 38.
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