Asia Cup 2018: India's ideal template for success in the final

#7 Attacking part-timers

Shakib Al Hasan is ruled out of the final because of an aggravation of the injury in his left little-finger

The Indian batsmen should look to attack Bangladesh's non-regular bowlers like Mahmadullah and Soumya Sarkar. In the absence of Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh will certainly struggle to complete the quota of the fifth bowler and India should exploit that weakness of their bowling attack.

#8 Dhoni batting at the death

Dhoni’s form as India's gloveman behind the has been great in the competition so far. However, in front of the wicket, he has been struggling to rotate strike, more so against spinners. The twilight of his career has had him employ the waiting game, which not his natural game.

One possible option for Dhoni to unleash his best would be to go out to bat at the death when the fast bowlers are in operation. He is a different batsman when the ball comes onto the bat with some A hit-out-or-get-out kind of situation might just concoct the best solution to Dhoni's problem with the bat.

#9 Saving strike bowlers for the middle-order

Bangladesh batsmen like Mohammad Mithun, Imrul Kayes, and Mahmudullah have shown some inherent weakness against short pitch deliveries in the tournament so far. As India would be going into the final with just two fast bowlers, it would be better to hold back some of their overs for Bangladesh's middle order. The spells of the two fast bowlers ought to be split into four, so as to be used at different stages of the innings.

Moreover, Chahal and Jadeja are better bowlers in the first power play and they might induce pressure on an attacking batsman like Mushtifiqur Rahim.

#10 Employing Kedar Jadhav, the bowler, sparingly

Kedar Jadhav has done a wonderful job as the sixth bowler for India in this Asia Cup. In the final, the captain should turn to Jadhav only when a partnership proves to be difficult to break, on when one of his main bowlers struggles to complete his quota.

Jadhav can be given a maximum of five overs in the final – expecting him to bowl more overs would be at the expense overs from India's regular bowlers. This might deny the team the chance to claim more wickets. Besides, Bangladesh batsmen are traditionally strong against spin bowling. By overexposing the non-regular spin bowler, India might just play into the hands of the opponents.

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To sum up, the template for success is variable to situations. Rohit Sharma has vast experience as captain of the Mumbai Indians in the IPL. He would be the perfect person capable of taking the right decision at the right time to come up on top. Over to Rohit.