- Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan leading the charge
Rohit Sharma was made the captain of this tournament replacing Virat Kohli while Shikhar Dhawan named as vice-captain.
The dangerous batsman came into form in India’s last league match against Bangladesh scoring 89 off 61 and made sure that Men in Blue posted 176 for 3. In the finals too, Rohit Sharma played a captain’s knock off 56 which laid the foundation. Overall, he scored 173 runs from 5 matches. He smashed 9 sixes in the tournament. In the first 3 matches, the Indian captain Rohit Sharma had scored just 28 runs. As a captain of the team, Rohit Sharma has a 100% record of winning matches.
Shikhar Dhawan continued his impressive run from the South African T20I series. The stylish left-handed batsman scored 198 runs in 5 matches and was the third leading runs scorer. In this tournament, he scored 2 half centuries with the best score of 90 runs. He continues to be the best bet for opening slot in limited overs format.
