Fatehdeep Singh put the hosts ahead in the first singles after rallying to pull off a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Sharmal Dissanayake in two hours. India's No.1 Shaik Abdullah then consolidated on the lead beating Nadarjah Nishangan 6-3, 6-2.
In the doubles, Abdullah then combined with Garvit Batra to defeat Nishangan and Dissanayake 7-5, 6-3. After losses to Chinese Taipei and China, India are already out of the knockout round. They needed to beat Sri Lanka to stay in the Asia-Oceania group. The hosts play Indonesia Thursday.