5 most memorable events of the year in Indian cricket

2018 was a wonderful year for the Indian cricket team. We saw some great individual performances and amazing team efforts and big advancements too, both domestically and on the international stage.

Here's a list of the 5 most memorable events in Indian cricket in the year 2018:

#5 Chennai Super Kings' superb comeback

CSK, the champions of IPL 2018

After serving a ban of two years for being involved in the match-fixing saga, Chennai Super Kings made a return to the IPL in 2018. They were able to recruit some of their core individuals but were trolled for picking up several players above 35 years of age in the auctions.

MS Dhoni and company proved everyone wrong and went on to win the trophy. CSK finished the league phase at the second position and defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final.

Shane Watson was awarded Player of the Match in the final for his match-winning century.

Ambati Rayudu was the highest run-getter for the team while Shardul Thakur was the leading wicket-taker for the side. We also saw the heroics of Dhoni throughout the season, especially his knock against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.

#4 India - champions of Asia

India wins 2018 Unimoni Asia Cup

The Indian team won the Asia Cup for the seventh time, defeating Bangladesh in the hard-fought final in UAE. Rohit Sharma led the team to a second major title under his leadership.

We also saw Dhoni captaining the Indian side in a match to complete 300 matches as captain in ODIs.

Winning the Asia Cup was a result of combined team efforts. Kedar Jadhav's last over smartness in the final was praiseworthy too.

#3 Young Guns winning U-19 World Cup

The India team, Champions of 2018 U19 World Cup

The Prithvi Shaw-led the Indian team lifted their third U19 World Cup in 2018, under the guidance of Rahul Dravid. The future generations showed huge potential, good temperament and brilliant skills to win the World Cup.

Shubman Gill was the Player of the Tournament, scoring 351 runs including 2 hundreds in 5 innings. Apart from Shaw and Gill, Manjot Kalra, Shivam Mavi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Abhishek Sharma and Anukul Roy were some of the other top performers.

##2 Test win in Australia after 10 years

Cheteshwar Pujara in the Adelaide Test

India defeated Australia by 31 runs in the first Test of the 2018-19 Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Adelaide Oval to mark their win in Australia after 10 years. Cheteshwar Pujara played a fantastic knock of 123 runs in the first innings and compiled 70 in the second innings to be awarded the player of the match.

A major part of the credit for India's win goes to their bowlers as well, who bowled superbly.

#1 Dinesh Karthik's blistering knock of 29

Dinesh Karthik after hitting six in the last ball in the Nidahas Trophy final

Dinesh Karthik scored 29 runs off just 8 balls in the final of the Nidahas Trophy to take the Indian team across the line.

The team was in a pressure situation with Vijay Shankar being unable to hit big, but Karthik delivered a quickfire innings to calm down the heartbeats of Indian fans.

It was truly one of the best knocks of 2018 considering the situation and the importance of the match. Rohit Sharma was captaining India for the first time, and he lived up the expectations.