India vs Pakistan 19th T20I at kolkata, 19 Mar, 2016

Toss: India, who chose to bowl
Pakistan 118/5 (18)
India 119/4 (15.5)
India won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match: Virat Kohli
  • MS Dhoni 13 * (9)
  • Virat Kohli 55 * (37)

Hello and welcome to live coverage of World T20, India take on Pakistan in 19th Match.

Toss delayed due to wet outfield

19:20 Local Time, 13:50 GMT, 19:20 IST:The Super soppers are still doing their work.

A temporary podium has been erected and a function has started over there, observes Prakash. He also notes that Sourav Ganguly and West Bengal CM, Mamata Banerjee.

Imran Khan hopes for a great game and that the result is the same as when he last played at Eden Gardens.

20:00 Local Time: Toss will take place at 8:10 PM Local

The game will begin at 20:30 and it will be 18 overs per side.

India have won the Toss and they chose to bowl first

Shahid Afridi: It's a good call to bowl first, because the pitch was covered, but now we have to put a decent total on the board. Maybe there is something for the bowlers if you bowl in the right areas. Shehzad and Hafeez are is good form and hopefully they can continue. It's always great to play in India and cricket is like a religion here. We are excited to play this game.

MS Dhoni: "We will bowl first. The wicket has been under the covers for quite some time, so it might be a bit sticky. It also gives us time to see how it behaves. We are playing with the same side. Past doesn't really matter, but as far as cricket is concerned, you have to be at your best on that particular day. The guys have faced enough fast bowlers all around the world. It will be a challenge for our top-order, they have some world-class bowlers.

Over 12.5 Shahid Afridi bowls a tossed up delivery to MS Dhoni, 1 run, gets forward and drives it crisply along the ground to long-off.

Over 13.2 Mohammad Amir bowls a good length delivery to MS Dhoni, 1 run, goes across on the back foot and works it through mid-wicket and picks up a single.

Over 13.4 Mohammad Amir bowls a back of length delivery to MS Dhoni, 1 run, gets forward and works it through mid-wicket and picks up a single.

Over 14.1 Shahid Afridi bowls a tossed up delivery to MS Dhoni, 1 run, gets forward and drives it down to long-off for one.

Over 14.4 Shahid Afridi bowls a tossed up delivery to MS Dhoni, no runs, gets on the front foot to drive, got an inside edge onto pad.

Over 14.5 Shahid Afridi bowls a skidding flipper to MS Dhoni, 1 run, goes on to the back foot and glances it to backward square-leg.

Over 15.1 Mohammad Irfan bowls a good length delivery to MS Dhoni, 1 run, steps out and guides it to third man.

Over 15.4 Mohammad Irfan bowls a good length delivery to MS Dhoni, Six!! Comes on to the front foot and muscles one down the ground and sends it towards the sightscreen. 

Over 15.5 Mohammad Irfan bowls it short of length to MS Dhoni, 1 run, goes on to the back foot and pulled away through mid-wicket and picks up the winning run.

India won by 6 wickets.Kohli played a superb innings,  Sachin Tendulkar waves the Indian flag in joy in the stands. Meanwhil, Kohli points his bat towards the sky.

Virat Kohli is the Man of the Match for his brilliant 55 runs.

Virat Kohli: It was a challenging wicket out there. I was disappointed that I got out for about 25 in the last game. It hurt a lot because we don't bat like that at home. I think the seamers bowling cutters was a little difficult. Yuvraj came out, weathered the storm and scored a few. He's feeling confident.