Best Images from India vs Pakistan World T20: India-Pakistan solidarity, Raina's ghost from the past, Kohli's message to the Gods

Virat Kohli’s record-breaking fifty helped India beat Pakistan for the 11th time in World Cups at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. India won the toss and elected to bowl first and that proved to be decisive as another Kohli masterclass helped India claimed their first win of the 2016 ICC World T20.After being put into bat, Pakistan could only manage 118/5 as India's spinner turned on the squeeze. They only got there thanks Shoaib Malik and Umar Akmal. But once Kohli got going there was little that could be done as another unbeaten fifty helped India get off the mark.Here are the best frames that were captured in the course of the match.

#1 Match flagged off with elaborate ceremony

After the embarrassing confusion that reigned over which Indian city was safe enough to host the Pakistan team, the inauguration of the match at the Eden Gardens was such a carnival that it would have soothed some of the anger that the episode is sure to have incited.

Amitabh Bachchan and Shafaqat Amanat Ali were present as the national anthems of the two nations blared before the match, two golden voices from the respective countries.