Watch Australia vs Oman highlights, T20 World Cup: Aqib Ilyas takes a blinder to dismiss Glenn Maxwell

Glenn Maxwell's poor run with the bat turned worse on Thursday when he was out for a golden duck against Oman in Australia's T20 World Cup 2024 opening match.

The wicket may have been scalped by Mehran Khan but it was Aqib Ilyas' super effort which piled on the misery over Maxwell.

The Aussie batter hit a cover drive first ball but Ilyas flew to his left to grab it low and at full stretch. He was parallel to the ground when he grabbed that.

The super grab will surely go down as one of the best catches of the tournament.

Australia posted 164-5 and then restricted Oman to 125-9 at Barbados in its tournament opener but it wasn't a straightforward win.

The Australians were in a spot of bother when Mehran Khan dismissed skipper Mitchell Marsh for 14 and Glenn Maxwell for a golden duck on consecutive balls to make the total 50-3 in the ninth over.

Stoinis then reconstructed the Australian innings with a 102-run stand with opener David Warner.

Stoinis had a reprieve in the 15th over when a fielder caught him in the deep but fell back over the boundary, giving the batter six runs. It was the first of four sixes in that over that cost Mehran 26 runs.

Warner became Australia's highest scorer in T20 internationals before he was out for 56 off 51 balls. Stoinis finished unbeaten on 67 off 36.

Left-arm paceman Mitchell Starc (2-20) struck in the first over and the Australian bowlers steadily reduced the threat from Oman with regular wickets. Stoinis returned 3-19 to complete a player-of-the-match performance.