Teenager Rudra Pratap Singh wrecked Sri Lanka's batting to lead India to a comfortable seven-wicket victory in the sixth one-day international here on Wednesday.
The 19-year-old left-arm seamer grabbed 4-35 in only his third match and spinner Murali Kartik took 2-42 as India skittled the tourists for 196 after electing to field first.
India surpassed the modest target in the 35th over as Yuvraj Singh roared back into form with an unbeaten 79 off 67 balls and Mohammad Kaif hit 38 not out on his return from a hamstring injury.
Left-handed Yuvraj, who managed just 45 runs in the previous five matches, smashed nine boundaries and three sixes.
Yuvraj and Kaif put on a winning stand of 105 for the unbroken fourth wicket to give India a commanding 5-1 lead in the seven-match series.
The final match will be played in Baroda on Saturday.
Virender Sehwag led India as regular captain Rahul Dravid was rested, while Sri Lanka were depleted by the absence of star spinner Muttiah Muralitharan due to a hamstring injury.
The tourists continued their dismal performance on their current visit as the top order caved in on what appeared to be good batting conditions at the Madhavrao Scindia stadium.
Tillakaratne Dilshan top-scored for the tourists with 59, his third consecutive half-century, and Upul Chandana hit 30 off 32 balls.
But five top batsmen failed to cross 20 against an impressive display in the field by the hosts.
Dilshan, who scored a match-winning 81 not out in the previous game at Ahmedabad, boosted the total after Sri Lanka were reduced to 132 for seven by the 31st over.
The tourists slumped despite a breezy opening start between left-handers Sanath Jayasuriya and Upul Tharanga, who put on 44 by the eighth over.
Veteran Jayasuriya made 19 off 17 balls and seemed to finally find batting form when he edged Sri Sreesanth to wicket-keeper Mahendra Dhoni.
Kumar Sangakkara miscued a lofted on-drive from Irfan Pathan after making nine before Singh dismissed Tharanga (28) and captain Marvan Atapattu (nine).
Mahela Jayawardena was stumped off Kartik's first delivery and Russel Arnold was run out when Kaif swooped on the ball in the covers and hurled it to Dhoni to break the stumps.
Dilshan's defiant knock was cut short by another good piece of fielding by Yuvraj, who threw down the non-striker's wicket from cover point.
Indian openers Gautam Gambhir (28) and Sachin Tendulkar (19) put on 43 before Dilhara Fernando claimed both batsmen in successive overs.
Sehwag fell in Chandana's first over after making a run-a-ball 22 as India slipped to 92 for three in the 17th, but Yuvraj and Kaif guided the hosts to a well-deserved win.
SCOREBOARD
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Sri Lanka
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U. Tharanga c Dhoni b Rudra Singh 28
S. Jayasuriya c Dhoni b Sreesanth 19
K. Sangakkara c Tendulkar b Pathan 9
M. Jayawardena st Dhoni b Kartik 14
M. Atapattu c Sehwag b Rudra Singh 9
T. Dilshan run out 59
R. Arnold run out 8
C. Vaas b Kartik 9
U. Chandana b Rudra Singh 30
F. Maharoof c Kaif b Rudra Singh 4
D. Fernando not out 4
EXTRAS: (W-2, NB-1) 3
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TOTAL: 196
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FALL OF WICKETS: 1-44, 2-56, 3-57, 4-79, 5-83, 6-118, 7-132, 8-161, 9-182
BOWLING: Pathan 7-0-31-1, Sreesanth 8-0-50-1, Rudra Singh 8.5-2-35-4, Kartik 10-1-42-2, Harbhajan 9-1-38-0
OVERS: 42.5
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India
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G. Gambhir b Fernando 28
S. Tendulkar c Maharoof b Fernando 19
V. Sehwag c Dilshan b Chandana 22
Mohammad Kaif not out 38
Y. Singh not out 79
Extras: (W-3, NB-8) 11
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Total: (for three wickets) 197
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Fall of wickets: 1-43, 2-57, 3-92, Bowling: Vaas 7-0-38-0, Fernando 10-1-58-2, Maharoof 4-0-24-0, Jayasuriya 3.5-0-22-0, Chandana 5-0-32-1, Dilshan 5-0-23-0
Overs: 34.5
Super-subs: F. Maharoof (SRI) replaced N. Zoysa after 36.1 overs of Sri Lanka's innings; S. Raina (IND) replaced Murali Kartik in 37.2 overs of Sri Lanka's innings.
Toss: India
Umpires: Mark Benson (ENG) and Arani Jayaprakash (IND)
TV umpire: Krishna Hariharan (IND)
Match referee: Alan Hurst (AUS)
India won by seven wickets, leads seven-match series 5-1
Last match in Baroda on Saturday.
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