India's T20I Report Card 2018: Rating the players

Indian Team
Indian Team

Manish Pandey - 7/10

South Africa v India - T20 International
South Africa v India - T20 International

Manish Pandey, who played a couple of responsible knocks, had a decent year. When others failed to score, he smashed much-needed unbeaten 79 against South Africa to post a good total of 188 on the board.

However, he could not get an opportunity to play in the presence of Suresh Raina and KL Rahul in the team. In 2018, he scored 299 runs from 11 innings at an average of 74.75 and a decent strike-rate of 121.05.

Krunal Pandya - 7.5/10

Australia v India - T20
Australia v India - T20

Krunal Pandya, the Mumbai Indians all-rounder, who made his international debut for India in T20Is this year, had a great year. During his debut game against West Indies, he picked a wicket and scored an unbeaten 21 runs while chasing.

In total, he scored 23 runs from 2 innings at a strike-rate of 176.92 and picked up 6 wickets from 6 innings at an average of 32 and an economy of about 8.

Washington Sundar - 7.5/10

Washington Sundar
Washington Sundar

Sundar took the responsibility when the regular spinners were rested for the Nidahas Trophy. He provided the early breakthroughs to his skipper Rohit Sharma during the tournament. He ended the tournament with 8 wickets from 6 games.

He also played a game against West Indies and picked up a solitary wicket. Sundar featured in 6 games this year and impressed everyone by picking 9 wickets at an outstanding average of 16.33 and an economy of 6.33.

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