The Indian handball team edged past arch-rivals Pakistan 28-27 in a nail-biting main round men's match here yesterday. For India, Greenidge D'Cunha netted nine goals with Adithya Nagaraj scoring half a dozen.

Naveen Punia and Karamjeet Singh found the back of the net four times each as Harender Singh bagged a hat-trick. Khatkar Naveen also joined the goal fest with one to his name.