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A 30 year old as of 2023, Shivam Dube was born on June 26, 1993. A left-handed batter and medium-seam bowler, Shivam Dube plays all three positions.
Shivam Dube has participated in just one ODI match so far in his career and has amassed 9 runs at an average of 9 in that encounter. Shivam Dube has scored 0 sixes and 1 fours in his career as an Odi.He contributed 9 runs off 6 balls in one of his most recent Odi games, which took place in December 2019 in Chennai, India's M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.
In the 15 T20 games that Shivam Dube has played thus far, he has scored 127 runs at an average of 21. In his T20 career, Shivam Dube has struck 7 fours and 8 sixes.Shivam Dube scored 22 runs off of 16 balls for his team in their most recent T20 match against Ireland at The Village, Dublin, Ireland, which took place in August 2023.
India defeated Ireland by 33 runs in the second game on Sunday at The Village in Malahide, Dublin, to win the three-match T20I series with one game remaining.
There was a time when India's batting slowed down so much that even 170 seemed challenging. Shivam Dube was unexpectedly kept back and sent in at No. 6, entering in the 16th over. With the exception of a few sixes in the final over, he struggled with timing and rhythm due to the pace.
Due to his propensity to knock towering sixes, Dube was frequently used as a finisher during his first IPL stint with the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). However, it did not turn out well for him, and a similar situation occurred during his first tour with the Indian colours.
In fact, his lone 50 in T20Is came at No. 3 against the West Indies in 2019 after he was moved up the order. It's not that Dube needs time to get his eye in, but it's easy to guess that he likes playing spin more than pace, a sentiment shared by MS Dhoni, the captain of his Chennai Super Kings (CSK), during this year's IPL.
It's difficult to expect him to start bowling immediately in the dying overs, when the pacers will dominate, because of his poor footwork and propensity to get tucked up by high pace on a back of a length or short length.
Using Dube as a specialty finisher is not a good idea since, if he has spent enough time in the middle, he can be difficult to control in that period.
Dube's statistics against spin in IPL 2023 are astonishing to read: 210 runs at 52.50, with a strike rate of 176.47. Shivam Dube frequently entered the game after the powerplay to maintain momentum as CSK's de facto spin-hitting floater.
Now that his weaknesses against pace and capabilities against spin are pretty clear, it takes us to how India could utilise him in preparation for the Caribbean and USA T20 World Cup in 2019. The pitches are almost certainly going to help spin, and having a marauding spinner of Dube's calibre in that batting order provides a momentum-shifting alternative.
India should employ the same entry point strategy with him as CSK did in the IPL if they want to make the most of the southpaw's long levers. Dube can be employed as India's alternative to neutralise such a threat because wrist-spinners, in particular, frequently operate after the end of the powerplay.
Teams must come up with a strategy to make sure it doesn't happen because the run rate frequently slows down in the middle overs on shaky pitches. India can try it with Dube to that end, but it will only succeed if they define his position clearly, as opposed to wasting him as a finisher further down the order.
FAQs
How many sixes did Shivam Dube hit in IPL 2023?
Shivam Dube has hit 35 sixes in IPL 2023.
Which team is Shubham Dube in IPL 2023?
Shivam Dube is retained by Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2023. He is playing for CSK from 2022.
