After shivam dube

After Shivam Dube: After Shivam Dube put up yet another stellar show of boundary hitting through an unbeaten 63 off 32 balls for India to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan, the all-rounder credited five-time IPL winners Chennai Super Kings and its captain MS Dhoni for bringing the best out of him.

Dube was bought by CSK for INR four crore ahead of IPL 2022, but it was in the 2023 season where he shined brightly in the side’s title winning campaign, making 418 runs in 16 games at a strike-rate of 158.33. He excelled in the role of a designated spin-hitter in the middle overs, seen from hitting 35 sixes, in the competition.

That performance propelled him to a return in India’s T20I scheme of things from the tour of Ireland last year. In the ongoing series against Afghanistan, Dube has hit successive fifties – 60 not out and 63 not out, as well as picked a wicket each via his seam bowling in both matches.