Port of Spain, March 24 (IANS) India put up a pathetic display again to lose to Sri Lanka by 69 runs in a crucial Group B match and crash out of the cricket World Cup at Queen's Park Oval here Friday.

With this win Sri Lanka took their points tally to six from three matches while India failed to add to the two they had from the win over Bermuda.

Only one match, between Bangladesh and Bermuda, is left in this group. The only way India could now go through to the next round - and the chances are extremely slim - is only if Bermuda upset Bangladesh Sunday. If that happens, then the team with better net run rate will go through.

SCOREBOARD

Match No. 20, India vs. Sri Lanka, Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Sri Lanka:
Upul Tharanga lbw b Tendulkar 64
Sanath Jayasuriya c Agarkar b Khan 6
Mahela Jayawardene c Dhoni b Agarkar 7
Kumar Sangakkara c Patel b Ganguly 15
Chamara Silva c Dhoni b Khan 59
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Dhoni b Patel 38
Russel Arnold not out 19
Chaminda Vaas not out 19
Extras: (leg byes 11, wides 14, no balls 2) 27
Total: (for six wickets in 50 overs) 254

Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Jayasuriya, 6.6 overs), 2-53 (Jayawardene, 12.4), 3-92 (Sangakkara, 23.3), 4-133 (Tharanga, 32.2), 5-216 (Dilshan, 45.4), 6-216 (Silva, 46.1)

Bowling:
Zaheer Khan 10 0 49 2 (1nb, 5w)
Ajit Agarkar 8 1 33 1 (3w)
Munaf Patel 10 1 46 1
Harbhajan Singh 10 0 53 0 5.30 (3w)
Sourav Ganguly 4 0 22 1 (1w)
Sachin Tendulkar 8 0 40 1 (1nb, 2w)

India:
Robin Uthappa c & b Vaas 18
Sourav Ganguly c Muralitharan b Vaas 7
Virender Sehwag c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 48
Sachin Tendulkar b Fernando 0
Rahul Dravid c Muralitharan b Jayasuriya 60
Yuvraj Singh run out (Arnold/Jayasuriya) 6
Mahendra Singh Dhoni lbw b Muralitharan 0
Ajit Agarkar c Arnold b Malinga 10
Harbhajan Singh not out 17
Zaheer Khan c Malinga b Muralitharan 1
Munaf Patel c Vaas b Dilshan 10
Extras: (lb 1, w 7) 8
Total: (all out in 43.3 overs) 185

Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Uthappa, 6.5 overs), 2-43 (Ganguly, 10.5), 3-44 (Tendulkar, 11.3), 4-98 (Sehwag, 22.5), 5-112 (Yuvraj Singh, 27.4), 6-112 (Dhoni, 28.1), 7-136 (Agarkar, 34.4), 8-159 (Dravid, 37.3), 9-161 (Khan, 38.6)

Bowling:
Chaminda Vaas 8 1 39 2
Lasith Malinga 8 0 39 1 (1w)
Dilhara Fernando 6.2 0 32 1 (2w)
Muttiah Muralitharan 10 0 41 3 (4w)
Sanath Jayasuriya 9 0 31 1
Tillakaratne Dilshan 2.1 1 2 1

Result: Sri Lanka won by 69 runs
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Daryl Harper (Australia)
TV umpire: Steve Davis (Australia)
Reserve umpire: Ian Howell (South Africa)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)