Kohli, who brought up his 18th T20I half century, clobbered four boundaries and two sixes during his 41-ball 61* as India chased down the target with two balls to spare.
After a lengthy rain delay forced the the only T20I match between Australia and South Africa to be reduced to 10-over-a-side match, South Africa posted 108/6 in their 10 overs after being put in to bat at the Carrara Oval, Carrara on Saturday.
Finch dropped a hint that Australia could make a few changes for the second game in Dubai.
Pacer Andrew Tye and Umsan Qadir, son of Pakistan legend Abdul Qadir, starred in the win claiming three wickets each as Victoria were bowled out for 200.
Andrew Tye, who picked up three for 30 in his seven overs was adjudged the Man-of-the-Match. 19-year-old pacer Cameron Green also returned three wickets while opening bowlers Joel Paris and Jhye Richardson claimed two each.
Australia opener Aaron Finch became the first player in the history of T20Is to break the 900-point mark as he moved up three places to finish the tri-series in Harare against Pakistan and Zimbabwe as the top-ranked batsman in the shortest format of the game.
Australia chased down Zimbabwe’s 151 for nine with a ball to spare in a tightly-contested Twenty-20 match. Their win in this dead rubber provides a welcome confidence boost ahead of their clash with number one ranked Pakistan in Sunday’s final.
Sunil Narine accumulated 379.5 points in IPL 2018, and finished well ahead of Shane Watson and Rishabh Pant.
Mumbai Indians 186 for 8 in 20 overs [Krunal Pandya 32 (23), Kieron Pollard 50 (23); Andrew Tye 4-0-16-4, Ravichandran Ashwin 3-0-18-2] beat Kings XI Punjab 183 for 5 in 20 overs [KL Rahul 94 (60), Aaron Finch 46 (35); Jasprit Bumrah 4-0-15-3] by 3 runs.
Bumrah picked the important wickets of Aaron Finch (46) and Rahul to keep MI's chances in playoffs alive.