Cricket-India v Pakistan - the final over, as it happened

(Reuters) - With India chasing 160 to beat Pakistan in their Twenty20 World Cup opener in Melbourne, India needed 16 runs off the final over from Mohammad Nawaz, with batsmen Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya at the crease.

19.1 PAKISTAN BREAK THE PARTNERSHIP

Pandya (40) had struggled against spin and Pakistan drew first blood when the all-rounder attempted to smash the ball on the leg side, only to edge the delivery to the covers where captain Babar Azam pouched the catch.

19.2 KARTHIK ROTATES STRIKE

New batsman Dinesh Karthik went on the front foot as soon as he got in and made contact with a full toss to take a single and hand the in-form Kohli the strike.

19.3 FOUR BALLS, 15 TO GET

Kohli directs a yorker to long on and takes two to keep the strike. Three balls, 13 required.

19.4 THE PENDULUM SHIFTS

Nawaz's high full toss is smashed by Kohli over deep square leg, where the fielder on the ropes gets a hand to it but fails to keep the ball in play and it goes for six.

The umpire also calls a no ball for height and his counterpart Marais Erasmus walks over from square leg to placate the Pakistani skipper, who was fuming over the call.

19.4 THE PRESSURE GETS TO NAWAZ

The bowler cannot keep his cool and he bowls a wide yorker - far too wide and the umpire signals a wide.

19.4 BOWLED OFF A FREE HIT

Kohli is castled as the ball strikes the off stump but he's already running to the non-striker's end as it is still a free hit. With the ball heading to third man, 37-year-old Karthik runs well between the wickets as they take three.

19.5 TWIST IN THE TALE

Karthik tries to make room for a shot but the ball hits his pad. Wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan is quick to react seeing his opposite number outside his crease, whipping the bails off to complete