5 most memorable events of the year in Indian cricket

#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.