5 positives for team India in Asia Cup 2018 

Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, India retained the Asia Cup 2018 title beating Bangladesh by 3 wickets in a thrilling match played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on Friday. It was a dominating performance as they won 5 matches out of the six.

The bowlers performed brilliantly well in all matches and restricted the opposition batsmen to below par total. Apart from the tie against Afghanistan, the Indian team won against Hong Kong, two times each against Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Here we look at the 5 positives for team India in Asia Cup 2018.

Shikhar Dhawan

After a disappointing England Test series, apart from the failure in the finals against Bangladesh, Shikhar Dhawan was consistent throughout the tournament with his explosive batting. He was the top-scorer and was rightly named the man of match. Along with Rohit Sharma, the explosive left handed batsman played an important role in most of India's wins in the tournament.

He played a total of 5 matches and scored 342 runs with impressive strike rate of 102.09 and had a third best average of 68.40.

Rohit Sharma's explosive batting

Rohit Sharma led India to 7th Asia Cup title

As Virat Kohli was given a break for this tournament, the stand-in captain Rohit Sharma led from the front with the bat at the top of order. After Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit was the top run-getter in the tournament with 317 runs in 5 matches. He had an impressive average of 105.67.

He scored 1 century and 2 half centuries with a best score of 111* against Pakistan.

3. Superb bowling by Indian leading fast bowlers

Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar led the pace attack.

Jasprit Bumrah was outstanding in this year's Asia Cup. Along with Bhuvneshwar Kumar. he picked early wickets with the new ball and also was lethal in the death overs with his yorkers. He took 8 wickets in 4 matches with an average of 16. 00 and brilliant economy of 3.67 runs per over.

Coming back from an injury, Bhuvneshwar returned back to form with 6 wickets in 5 matches with an average of 29.33 and economy of 4.19 runs per over.

Spinners picking wickets in the middle overs

Kuldeep Yadav leading wicket taker for India in Asia Cup 2018

The Indian spinners proved their worth by picking wickets in the middle overs which restricted the opposition batsmen. Kuldeep Yadav was brilliant in the entire tournament for India. He took 10 wickets in 6 matches with an average of 23.70 and economy of 4.08.

Ravindra Jadeja made a comeback into the ODI team after a long period of 15 months. He bowled brilliantly taking 7 wickets in 4 matches with an average of 22.28 and economy of 4.45 runs per over. He was quite decent with the bat as well.

Kedar Jadhav also contributed to the team's success in this year's Asia Cup winning campaign. He took 6 wickets in 6 matches with an average of 23.16 and economy of 3.97 runs per over.

The leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal also picked up important wickets in the middle overs. He took 6 wickets in 5 matches with an average of 32.83 and economy of 4.19 runs per over.

Brilliant captaincy by Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma captaincy

Apart from the bat, Rohit Sharma impressed one and all with his captaincy. He was brilliant with his field placements bringing on right bowlers. He used the experience of Indian former captain MS Dhoni.

This year, Rohit Sharma, captained India in the Nidahas Trophy T20I tri-series 2018 and led the Indian team to victory . He has brought glory to the Mumbai Indians as well during the Indian Premier League history, winning the title 3 times . If Virat Kohli is not present there as a captain, Sharma is an ideal replacement.