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Colombo: Needing a win to against Pakistan to stay alive in the competition, India managed to achieve that thanks to a good effort by the bowlers and fine batting by Virat Kohli unbeaten 78.
Chasing 129, Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli stitched a crucial 74-run partnership for the second wicket to laid the foundation for Indian victory.
India still unbeaten against Pakistan in World Cup.
Kohli's fine half-century came off in 41 balls.
Sehwag, who scored a 24-ball 29, was sent back to hut by Shahid Afridi after the Delhi dasher tried to loft Afridi's slower ball over the ropes but it was eventually caught by Umar Gul at long off.
India lost Gautam Gambhir early as he played a lose shot straight back to the bowler Raza Hasan who made no mistake in taking a simple catch to rid India of its opener.
Earlier, Indian bowlers fired in unison as they restricted Pakistan to 128. Pakistan's innings were bundled up in 19.4 overs after L Balaji dismissed Umar Gul and Saeed Ajmal in successive deliveries.
Pakistan got a terrible start as they lost Imran Nazir, Shahid Afridi, Nasir Jamshed and Kamran Akmal inside 50 runs against India after opting to bat.
Ravichandran Ashwin too joined the party as he struck twice to dent Pakistan's brief recovery.
Shoaib Malik and Umar Akmal added crucial 47 runs for the sixth wicket to give some respite to Pakistan after early jolts.
Ashwin first got rid of the perilous Shoaib Malik, who played a decent cameo of 28 runs with the help of 3 boundaries. Malik was caught at midwicket by Rohit Sharma while trying to drive.
Soon after dismissing Malik, Ashwin claimed his second wicket in the form of Umar Akmal after the right-hander was brilliantly caught deep in the field by Suresh Raina.
Virat Kohli got rid of skipper Mohammad Hafeez as Pakistan lost half of their side at the score of 59 in 9.5 overs.
Yuvraj Singh's double strike gave denting blows to Pakistan after getting early blows from the seamers.
Yuvraj first dismissed Nasir Jamshed behind the wicket and then picked up his second wicket in the form of Kamran Akmal, who in an effort to strike a slightly offside pitched ball through covers could only find the gloves of MS Dhoni.
Paceman Lakshmipathy Balaji gave India second breakthrough in the form of dangerous Shahid Afridi.
Seamer Irfan Pathan gave India crucial early breakthrough as he dismissed dangerous Pakistani opener Imran Nazir in their Super Eight game.
Brief scores
Pakistan 128 (Malik 28, Balaji 3-22)
India 129 for 2 (Kohli 78*, Sehwag 29)
Result India won by 8 wickets
Points India 2, Pakistan 0
MOM Virat Kohli (India)
