Asia Cup 2018: Positives, Grey Areas and Ratings For Team India

The form of the Indian spinners

Jadeja - Both economical and effective

The Indian spinners were right on the money and Rohit used them as attacking options.

Jadeja came back into the one day team after a gap of 15 months and made his presence felt in the very first match against Bangladesh when he took 4 wickets. Jadeja took 7 wickets from 4 matches. He showed his skills with the bat in the matches against Afghanistan and Bangladesh in the final. As always, Jadeja was the live wire in the field and effected a brilliant run-out in the final to see the back of in-form batsman Mohammad Mithun.

For his skills as an all-rounder, Jadeja gets 7 out of 10.

Yuzvendra Chahal was not at his best though he claimed 6 wickets in the tournament. 3 of those 6 wickets came against Hong Kong in the first match and thereafter he was ineffective. At times he was expensive and struggled in the field.

Chahal not so effective in the Asia Cup

Chahal gets 6 out of 10.

Chahal’s wrist-spin partner Kuldeep Yadav was more effective and the batsmen found him difficult to read. He was the highest wicket-taker for India in the tournament with 10 wickets. Kuldeep varied his pace and kept the batsmen guessing.

Kuldeep Yadav - The highest wicket-taker for India with 10 wickets

Kuldeep Yadav gets 8 out of 10.