Thisara Perera grabbed a maiden five-wicket haul as Sri Lanka dismissed India for 103 in a triangular one-day series match on Sunday.
The 21-year-old seamer, playing his first match of the tournament, finished with 5-28 off 7.4 tight overs as India were shot out for their third-lowest total against Sri Lanka in one-day internationals.
Yuvraj Singh top-scored with a fighting 38 in a disappointing Indian batting performance after the tourists elected to bat in the day-night match.
Opener Virender Sehwag (12), Rohit Sharma (11) and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (10) were the others to reach double-figures.
Yuvraj was unlucky to be given out leg-before off paceman Lasith Malinga (2-21) as TV replays suggested the ball would have missed the stumps. He was the ninth man out after hitting one six and five fours in his 64-ball knock.
Sri Lanka, who need to win this match to stay in contention for the final, jolted India when paceman Nuwan Kulasekara (2-31) trapped Sehwag leg-before and had Dinesh Karthik (nine) caught behind in a lively opening spell.
Perera, who played his last one-dayer in Zimbabwe in June, then wrecked the middle order when he claimed four wickets in five overs to dash India's hopes of posting a challenging total.
He was once on a hat-trick when he had Ravindra Jadeja caught by Chamara Silva at gully and Praveen Kumar caught by Upul Tharanga at mid-off with his next delivery.
Perera ended the innings in the 34th over when he bowled Ishant Sharma.
The Sri Lankan pacemen were backed by captain and wicket-keeper Kumar Sangakkara, who took four catches.
New Zealand have seven points and Sri Lanka six after three matches, while India have five points after two games.
Each side play the other twice in the preliminary league, with the top two qualifying for the final on August 28.
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