Watch: Virat Kohli in beast mode as he takes one-handed stunner against Australia in 20-20 World Cup

India and Australia crossed swords in the warm-up match of the 20-20 World Cup on October 17, Monday and the Indian men roared with a thrilling win. After putting 186 runs on the board, the Indian pacers tried to defend the total and Australia required 11 runs off the last over. Mohammed Shami, the pacer who bowled the last over bagged three wickets in the over and also produced a runout.

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However, the wicket of Pat Cummins became the talk of the town as Virat Kohli produced a stunning one-handed catch at long-on to send the Australian back to the pavilion. The fans, who witnessed the incident, started surfacing the video on the internet. The spectators, who watched it live, were in awe of the flamboyant catch.

Here's the video: 

VIRAT KOHLI STOP IT!! Takes catch of the tournament.. in a warm up 😂🔥 #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/KosXyZw8lm

— Liam Clarke (@Clarkeyy23) October 17, 2022

You saw what he did: Rohit Sharma

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To comment on the match, India were forced to bat first and KL Rahul helped India to lay the foundation for a big total with his 33-ball 57. Suryakumar Yadav, who came in at number 4, managed to score a fifty to his name and helped India put on the mammoth total. Australia, who gave a tough fight with the bat, lost the match by 6 runs. The skipper Aaron Finch top scored with the bat with his 54-ball 76 comprising seven fours and three sixes.

The Indian captain said that he was impressed with Shami and Suryakumar for their tremendous performances. Rohit further admitted to the lack of consistency in the Indian pace attack and said that the bowlers must improve further.

"I thought we batted well, towards the end we could have added 10-15 runs more. We always want a set batter to stay till the end, SKY did it, overall a great batting effort with nice bounce, was a pitch where you can trust your shots. You got to be smart with batting on grounds like these. You can't forget to push the balls into the gaps, scoring 8-9 runs in an over can be quite an effective plan. It was a great practice game for us," Rohit said in the post-match interview.

"There is room for improvement, but I want more consistency from the bowlers. You need to keep things simple and hit the deck hard. Overall a good game for us, they had a decent partnership and that put us under pressure. He (Shami) is coming back after a long time, so we wanted to give him an over. Wanted to give him a challenge and let him bowl the final over, and you saw what he did," the India skipper said further.