Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim had also hit a sparkling ton to help the hosts post a challenging 279 for seven after being asked to take first strike.

While Rahim's excellent knock went in vain, Kohli's effort resulted in victory of his team, which has copped a lot of criticism of late for their pathetic performance overseas.

Courtesy Kohli's 19th One-day hundred India recovered well after cheap dismissal of the openers Shikhar Dhawan (28) and Rohit Sharma (21) and overhauled the target with six balls to spare. It was India's first win in the 2014 calender.

Rahane played a key role in India's win as he and Kohli batted together for 33 overs before being separated. India were just 13 runs away from the win when Kohli was castled by pacer Rubel Hossain in the 46th over.

A day after bidding an emotional farewell to the game which he considers his "oxygen", Tendulkar said that 75 per cent of his life had revolved around cricket and he had no regrets about hanging his boots after playing for 24 years. 

"It hasn't struck me that I won't play cricket again. It has been a dream journey, no regret that I am leaving cricket. This was the right time to stop playing cricket. It was an enjoyable journey," Tendulkar said at a packed press conference. 

"I had a question and when I looked for an answer, I felt it was the perfect time to leave the game." 

The 40-year-old maestro, who brought down the curtains on his career after playing his 200th Test, indicated that he would remain associated with the game after enjoying some time off. 

Flying drummers, Chinese percussionists, fireworks, and some of the biggest film stars in the country, including Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif performed at the ceremony. 

The opening ceremony began with a traditional welcome during which a huge balloon carrying the IPL Cup descended on the stadium in a segment titled 'The IPL Universe' where the nine teams are seen as planets. 

A large troup of 300 dancers performed on a track composed by Bollywood composer Pritam. 

"Pakistan throwing this game away eh. Watch this space. Pakistan will just loose last few balls," Nixon tweeted after the sudden collapse of Pakistan that helped India deny a clean sweep to the visitors.

When one of his followers asked Nixon whether he was claiming that the match had been rigged, the 42-year-old tweeted, "r u watching the game???" He further retweeted several tweets, including these two: "this game is a joke especially when u see hafeez play a lap sweep with a leg slip in place" and "It must be India's 12th Man.....the Bookmaker!"

Nixon also said that it was no big deal for Pakistan to throw the final match of the series when they had already clinched the series. "2-0 up perfect to loose nothing matters," he tweeted in reply to a follower who questioned his assertion. Nixon used hashtags like #somethingnotright and #dodgey.

Nixon has played 19 ODIs and one Twenty20 international for England in 2007, including the World Cup in the Caribbean.

A near full house will greet the two teams as they finally get down to cricket after months of diplomacy managed to bring them together in a non-ICC event. When it comes to on-field stuff between the two sides, whose players have normally tended to get along quite well, it is usually how the Indian batting fares against Pakistan's bowling that settles the contest. 

It doesn't look any different this time around even if Dhoni said at the pre-match conference on Monday that 'strength on paper' will not matter and it will be a simple case of which team plays better on the night. In an India-Pakistan match though, with all its attendant pressures, there can be a case of whichever team managing to play less worse, coming away with the right result.

Justice SJ Kathawalla refused the extension despite the team owners' last-minute scramble to bring in a new buyer and attempts to ask for time till Monday. However, the Chargers team cannot be terminated by the Board of Control of Cricket in India just yet.

That's because the court-appointed arbitrator - retired Supreme Court judge CK Thakkar - held his first meeting later in the day and passed a status quo order. This means the stay on BCCI's termination notice to Chargers continues. On October 1, the HC had stayed the termination and asked the franchisee to furnish the bank guarantee.

The West Indies, restricted to 137/6 after electing to bat, hit back to bowl Sri Lanka out for 101 and silence a sell-out crowd of 35,000 at the Premadasa stadium that included President Mahinda Rajapakse. 

It was the first world title for the West Indies since the 50-over World Cup triumph under Clive Lloyd in 1979, and handed Sri Lanka their fourth defeat in a major final since 2007. 

Spinner Sunil Narine grabbed three wickets for nine runs and Sammy took two as the hosts, who had excelled in the field in the first session, undid the good work with irresponsible batting in the second. 

Skipper Mahela Jayawardene survived two dropped catches to top-score with 33, while tailender Nuwan Kulasekara hit 26 off 13 balls, including three fours and a six in the 16th over of seamer Ravi Rampaul. 

The West Indian team is staying at the luxury Cinnamon Grand hotel in Colombo. Gayle was reportedly letting his hair down with teammates Andre Russell, Fidel Edwards and Dwayne Smith, when the policemen 'busted' the party. 

Sources said the police were called after the West Indian players declined to sign in the women as guests after a night out. The West Indies team management later apologised for the incident. 

The Windies are scheduled to play Australia in the first semifinal of the WorldT20, at the Premadasa on Friday. The West Indians had beaten New Zealand in the 'Super Over' on Monday to reach the semis. Gayle & Co had partied hard after that win too.