Shivam Dubey scored an unbeaten 31 runs India beat USA and qualified for Super 8
New Delhi. Team India’s experienced all-rounder Shivam Dubey batted brilliantly against America. He played a match-winning innings in the 25th match of the T20 World Cup 2024. Shivam Dubey, along with Suryakumar Yadav, took the team out of trouble. Regarding batting on the Nassau County pitch, Dubey said that it seemed as if we were playing Ranji Trophy. He admitted that he had a lot of trouble adjusting to this wicket of Nassau. This explosive batsman of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) played an unbeaten innings of 31 runs in 35 balls in difficult conditions in the match against America and played an important role in India’s 7-wicket win.
Shivam Dube said about his consecutive failures against Ireland and Pakistan at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, ‘I was struggling with form and was focusing on the process. There was no pressure on me. All the support staff and coaches supported me and told me, ‘It is difficult, but you have the ability to hit sixes, so keep trying. I have never doubted myself about what I have done in the past. I just think that these conditions do not demand what I did for CSK. These conditions require a different approach, so I was batting differently today.’
Shivam Dubey has been given preference over Rinku Singh
Dubey still has a long way to go to justify his selection ahead of Rinku Singh, another power-hitter in the reserves. Dubey could score only 36 runs in five innings in the IPL after making it to the World Cup squad. His troubles continued in the World Cup as well, where he failed in three matches (14 in the practice match against Bangladesh, zero against Ireland and three against Pakistan) before finally playing a restrained innings on Wednesday.
Shivam Dubey hit an 87 meter long six off Anderson’s ball
Chasing a small but difficult target of 111 runs to win, India were in trouble, losing three wickets for 44 runs. Dubey also faced difficulties and his timing was not good in the initial few balls. He took six balls to open his account. He managed to hit an 87-meter long six off Corey Anderson in the 5th over after scoring nine runs in 15 balls. Dubey joked about the wait for the six and said, ‘It felt like playing Ranji Trophy. I was not thinking about the white ball format. The conditions decide how you want to play here. You have to choose your best shot to hit a six. I was waiting for that opportunity.’ The Indian team will take on Ireland in its last league match on Saturday.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : June 13, 2024, 17:24 IST