Bhubaneswar, Oct. 27 -- Attention of all the cricket buffs across the globe was on Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin when he walked out to bat against arch-rivals Pakistan in the thrilling Two World Cup encounter at MCG on Sunday.

The Men in Blue needed two off as many balls when Dinesh Karthik was stumped on the ball of Mohammad Nawaz. Ashwin, who came in to bat next, had the tough task to score two runs off the remaining one delivery. Cool as a cucumber, the right-hander judged Nawaz's first delivery down the leg side well and left it to go for a wide. Then he went on hit a lofted shot over mid-off to score the winning run.

Recollecting the tense incident, Ashwin revealed that he cursed Karthik while going in to bat before regaining ...