India crashed out of the cricket tri-series now under way in Zimambwe, when they lost to Sri Lanka by six wickets in a crucial one dayer in Harere. The Lankans surpassed the victory target of 269 by making 27 for four in 48.2 overs. Dindsh Chandimal made 111. Earlier, put into bat, India had posted 268 for nine in their 50 overs. After their back-to-back defeat against Zimbabwe, India badly needed to win this match with a big margin to keep alive their final hopes. But they could not pull off a repeat performance oftheir previous encounter with the Lankans and went down with1.4 overs to spare. Monday's Sri Lanka-Zimbabawe match is now renderedinconsequential and they would meet again in Wednesday's finalat the same venue.