Shivam Dube’s Outstanding Performance Joins Legends Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh
New Delhi: Shivam Dube, the Indian all-rounder, showcased an exceptional all-around performance in the second India-Afghanistan T20I in Indore. With this remarkable display, Dube has entered the exclusive ranks of cricketing legends such as Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh. Dube’s return to T20I cricket has been nothing short of amazing.
Dube becomes the seventh Indian player to achieve the feat of taking at least one wicket and scoring a half-century in a T20I match. However, he is only the third player to accomplish this on two or more occasions, with Yuvraj achieving it three times and Virat doing it twice.
In the opening Twenty20 International match against Afghanistan, Dube played a brilliant innings, scoring an unbeaten 60 off 40 balls, including five fours and two sixes. He also contributed with the ball, taking 1/9 in two overs. In the second T20I, Dube bowled well again, taking 1/36. He then showcased his batting prowess by smashing a scorching 63 not out off just thirty balls, which included five fours and four massive sixes.
Apart from Dube, Washington Sundar, Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, and Hardik Pandya have also achieved this remarkable feat once each.
Dube made his comeback to the national side last year during the tour to Ireland after a three-year absence. He also traveled with the Asian Games gold medal-winning team in Hangzhou. In the seven games since his return, Dube has scored 170 runs in four innings, averaging an impressive 158.87 with two half-centuries. He has also taken three wickets in these matches.
(With ANI inputs)
Indian all-rounder Shivam Dube has joined the ranks of legendary cricketers Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh with his outstanding performance in the second India-Afghanistan T20I. Dube became the seventh Indian player to score a fifty and take at least one wicket in a T20I match, and only the third player to achieve this feat on two or more occasions. In the opening T20I, Dube scored an unbeaten 60 runs and took 1 wicket for 9 runs in two overs. In the second T20I, he scored a scorching 63* off just thirty balls, including five fours and four sixes. Dube has been in great form in T20I cricket since his return to the national side, accumulating 170 runs in four innings at a strike average of 158.87, with two half-centuries.
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