Superstar Virat Kohli

The world's most famous cricketer, its best multi-format batsman and pin-up for millions, has made test cricket cool in India. His love of test cricket has persuaded team-mates to stay interested, motivated members of the Board of Control for Cricket in India to resist the allure of swallowing the Indian Premier League dollar completely and ensured that a generation of young Indians is growing up wanting to play test and not just T20 cricket. 

Bumrah stole the show with a brilliant effort in the penultimate over of the match conceding just two runs and picking up two wickets with Australia requiring 16 off the final two overs.

Coulter-Nile, Maxwell shine as Aussies bag last-ball victory in first T20 match.

Kohli admitted that India may have been better off playing two more ODIs in place of the T20s against Australia.

At the Sportstar Aces Awards, Prakash Padukone was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award while Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah shared the Sportsman of the Year (Cricket) Award.

"He is very consistent and his mindset is very good, he gives 100 percent every time he walks out to bat. I am at the start of my career, so the aim is to be like him and be the epitome of performance in each of Pakistan’s wins."

The white-ball series is the first of three Australia will play away from home to find some form and finetune selections for the showpiece event which begins in late May. The first two will be played against India, meaning a hasty reunion for Australia just a month after a long summer of hostilities ended.