On his admission, Virat Kohli has never played such an exciting game of Twenty20 in his career. "Never been in such an exciting T20 match all my life," an ecstatic Kohli said at the post-match presentation ceremony after receiving his man-of-the-match award.

Asked to relive the moment when KB Arun Karthik hit that stunning six, he said, "I had my eyes closed on the last ball. I was talking to our coach when two balls were left. Thought if we could get boundary and a two so that scores are tied." Kohli said that the team management relied a lot on the start that Chris Gayle and Tillekaratne Dilshan provided.