Asia Cup 2018: 3 main areas of concern for India

India will face Pakistan in the final Group A encounter.
India will face Pakistan in the final Group A encounter.

#1 The dreaded overs at the death

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The main area of concern that almost everyone will be highlighting after today's match will be the death overs. It seems as if the Indian innings starts approaching a slow death with the dawn of the death overs, as the middle and lower order batters fail to keep the scoreboard ticking. Having crossed the 250-run mark in the 43rd over and with five wickets in hand, a 300+ score looked easily achievable.

However, they could only manage a meagre 285. Only 17 runs came from the last four overs, as everyone struggled to get going. Kedar Jadhav amassed 28 runs from 27 deliveries while Bhuvneshwar Kumar ate up 18 deliveries just to add nine runs to the scoreboard. Two batsmen were dismissed for a duck, one among them is considered as one of the best finishers of this era - Mahendra Singh Dhoni. If this instance is repeated any further in this tournament, it is going to haunt India for a long time.

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