The setting could not have been bigger. As a billion people worldwide watched on their television sets, India and Pakistan clashed in front of a sell-out crowd at the Adelaide Oval on a sunny Sunday afternoon. After about seven gripping hours, and some ups and downs, the Indian team won. India beat Pakistan by 76 runs, extending its winning streak against its cricketing arch-rival in World Cup matches to 6-0.

Each moment of this rip-roarding ride was caught on Twitter, with fans pouring out their emotions after nearly every ball. Expectedly, there were the jokes, the cuss words and the inscrutable exclamations “Oh yoooohooooo” and “Woooooooooooo”. Throughout, Twitter provided almost as much fun as the players battling it out on the field.

Here then is a (sort of a) match summary through the words and pictures on Twitter:

After India won the toss and elected to bat, Pakistan gave the ball to a towering ‘seven-foot tall’ Mohammed Irfan. 

 

Then came the Big B – Amitabh Bachchan – as a commentator. Doing Hindi commentary alongside former players Aakash Chopra and Shoaib Akthar on Star Sports, as part of film promotional activities, the movie star did not impress anyone.

Despite all this excitement, nobody forgot Modi.

 

When Rohit Sharma got out for an abysmal 15, Twitter slayed him.



 



Wicketkeeper Umar Akmal dropped Kohli, on 76, but Twitter did not let go of the opportunity for hilarity.



  Sohail Khan's heroic performance for Pakistan drew comparisons with his namesake in Bollywood.



Nobody wanted to miss the match. Not even those at a wedding in Chennai.

Despite a good start and a stumble, India reached 300/7 in 50 overs. India rejoiced at having crossed the psychological mark. Pakistan sighed.

Pakistan began cautiously, scoring slowly but preserving wickets. But suddenly from 102/2 they were down to 103/5. Sohaib Maqsood and Umar Akmal got out for a duck. Mohit Sharma, a late replacement for Ishant Sharma, kept the score down and took the last two wickets to finish the match. But not everybody showered praises on him on Twitter.



 



As wickets fell regularly, toilet humour made an appearance.

One of the wickets owed to Jadeja's fantastic catch.

At one point, DRS came into play and Umar Akmal was given out.

Despite wickets falling all around him, Misbah-ul-Haq stood his ground. Until he didn't. And Pakistan's defeat became evident.