India vs Hong Kong, Asia Cup 2018 - Player Ratings 

India Media Session

India

Rohit Sharma - 6/10

After a promising start of 23 with four boundaries, Rohit Sharma failed to kick-on and was perished while executing another big shot. There were question marks over his captaincy as well.

Shikhar Dhawan - 9.5/10

Man of the match. The left-handed opener displayed the perfect balance of attack and defence as he strode away to a magnificent knock of 127 in sapping heat of Dubai.

Ambati Rayudu - 8/10

Taking Virat Kohli’s spot for this match, Rayudu displayed signs of rustiness. Despite a few good shots, his strike rate remained below 100 and it slowed down India’s charge.

Dinesh Karthik - 6/10

Playing as a specialist batsman, Karthik failed to make a positive impression in his knock of 33 from 38 balls.

MS Dhoni - 6/10

Much was expected from Dhoni the batsman but he was out for zero from three balls. The keeper did grab two good catches and completed a fine stumping off Kuldeep Yadav.

Kedar Jadhav - 6.5/10

Jadhav could not accelerate in the death overs which lead to India’s total not going past 300 runs but he did develop pressure on Hong Kong batting with his low-trajectory spin bowling.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 4/10

Bhuvi was not himself in yesterday’s match. He conceded 50 runs and failed to take a wicket in his nine overs.

Shardul Thakur - 1/10

The pace bowler was terrible with the ball yesterday. Shardul sprayed his pitch map all over the place and went for more than 10 runs per over in his four-over spell which included three no-balls.

Kuldeep Yadav - 9/10

The left-arm wrist spinner broke the deadlock by dismissing Anshuman Rath. He then bowled two maidens to build pressure on Hong Kong and picked another wicket later as well.

Yuzvendra Chahal - 8/10

The leg-spinner seemed to be ineffective at first but improved his performance towards the end and picked to three wickets to be on the winning side.

Khaleel Ahmed - 9/10

The debutant left-arm pace bowler took the all-important wicket of Nizakat Khan and bowled with great discipline to take three wickets in his first international match.