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[PICTURES] Shivam Dube - Next big all-rounder from India?

Shivam Dubey and Vijay Shankar are both mediocre.

I will take Hardik Pandya for his batting alone over these so called all rounders.

Why are they not giving chances to Suryakumar Yadav who is the next best power hitter in India after Hardik Pandya? He just blasted a 70 ball hundred in a Ranji game today...
 
Yes, bar Kohli and Rohit everyone is mediocre, since we can't seem to produce Gilchrists, Klusners and Sachins we gotta make do with Pants, Pandyas and Ayers. Fans need to accept this and stop moaning.
 
Hardik while isnt as good as the hype currently but he still is much superior than Dube and Shankar who even on their good days cant do much against a decent sides.
 
Pandya has proven himself as a solid all-rounder in white ball cricket...he is one crickter who can go from ball one and his cameo coming late in batting order is valuable...

Iyer is not a power hitter but a high strike rate player in middle order which India wants....

Pant is useless.Period.
 
could be his last game..sad end for him nut mediocrity doesn't take you far...
 
Much worse than Shankar who himself is mediocre. Pandya keeps getting injured, we need to back specialist batsmen/bowlers. Even Jaddu isn't fit for short formats. Our team combination is totally wrong.
 
Very ordinary player and no where near international class. In the desperation to find a lower order hitter, we are giving chances to mediocrity. Glad that Ross Taylor finished his career today. Good riddence.
 
Never looked convincing.Hopefully this is end of his chances to the WC.Would even prefer Shankar
 
Swashbuckler said:
Much worse than Shankar who himself is mediocre. Pandya keeps getting injured, we need to back specialist batsmen/bowlers. Even Jaddu isn't fit for short formats. Our team combination is totally wrong.
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Jaddu has done okay with ball atleast
 
Rajdeep said:
In the desperation to find a lower order hitter, we are giving chances to mediocrity.
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He got in because of his performances for India 'A'. Scored 180 runs in 4 innings in the Test series against West Indies 'A' at a strike rate of 74.38 and 155 runs in 4 innings batting at No. 6 in the ODI series against South Africa 'A' at a strike rate of 144.85 with 11 sixes. I don't think it was the wrong decision to go with him. But obviously not everyone can carry over their performances to international cricket.
 
TNAmarkFromIndia said:
Stop overreacting, dude. Even Jadeja had a disastrous World T20 2009 which nobody remembers anymore.
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Jadeja achieved at some level before being thrashed around in world T20. He was good in Tests. Even in ODIs not that bad. His batting is way better than this guy. So far achieved zilch.
 
rudra said:
Thank you NZ for finishing his career
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That was one over of carnage.

He didn't know where to bowl or what to do. Only one over but the guy looked pretty ordinary.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Jadeja achieved at some level before being thrashed around in world T20. He was good in Tests. Even in ODIs not that bad. His batting is way better than this guy. So far achieved zilch.
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What are you talking about? That World T20 was in 2009. Jadeja didn't play a Test until 2012. He didn't achieve anything until then and after that tournament people never wanted to see him in the national team ever again.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Jadeja achieved at some level before being thrashed around in world T20. He was good in Tests. Even in ODIs not that bad. His batting is way better than this guy. So far achieved zilch.
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Jadeja played only one ODI against Sri Lanka before the 2009 World T20. He gave away 40 runs in 6 overs without a wicket. Scored 60 runs in 77 balls and India lost the match by 68 runs. He had achieved nothing.
 
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What are you talking about? That World T20 was in 2009. Jadeja didn't play a Test until 2012. He didn't achieve anything until then and after that tournament people never wanted to see him in the national team ever again.
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In T20 he wasn't seen again for a while. From a skill set perspective Dubey is not even close to Jadeja who became a fine test match spinner atleast at home. Dubey is never going to become on in that regard. Wrt batting Jadeja's batting was considered a bonus. In Dubey's case it is not a bonus. He must deliver. Not all initial failures will turn into success. We need to see something special like we saw with KL Rahul despite failures. I don't see anything special there.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
In T20 he wasn't seen again for a while. From a skill set perspective Dubey is not even close to Jadeja who became a fine test match spinner atleast at home.
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Again, you're speaking with the advantage of hindsight. In 2009, Jadeja was neither a good bowler nor a good batsman. In 2009, nobody thought he would be a future Test match player. You're lying if you watched Jadeja in 2009 and thought you saw "anything special there".

I'm not saying Dube will turn out to be a good player or that they should stick with him after this series, but you're overreacting if you think this is the end of him or he'll never amount to anything. His domestic performances have been good, and he did very well for India 'A' before being selected for India.
 
ind_win said:
But even the "pre-improved" jadeja was a better fielder, bowler than dube.
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Dube has a batting average of 41.53 (strike rate 121.20) and a bowling average of 34.28 in List-A cricket. First-class batting average of 48.19 and bowling average of 24.27. Those aren't bad numbers by any stretch of imagination.
 
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TNAmarkFromIndia said:
Dube has a batting average of 41.53 (strike rate 121.20) and a bowling average of 34.28 in List-A cricket. First-class batting average of 48.19 and bowling average of 24.27. Those aren't bad numbers by any stretch of imagination.
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Did not know the domestic numbers of Dube till now. They are quite good, yes.
But he simply does not instil any confidence with his presence on the field - even 1 or 2 moments of brilliance will make anyone believe someone has it in them - I have not followed his international career so far till this T20 series. And the last 3-4 outings were quite ordinary & when I checked up his other international outings they were also quite ordinary is all I meant.
I am no big fan of jadeja either.
After CT 17, I feel he should not be in the ODI or T20 teams but his WC SF performance is too tempting for the team to select him I think.
 
ind_win said:
But he simply does not instil any confidence with his presence on the field - even 1 or 2 moments of brilliance will make anyone believe someone has it in them - I have not followed his international career so far till this T20 series. And the last 3-4 outings were quite ordinary & when I checked up his other international outings they were also quite ordinary is all I meant.
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I'm just saying it's too early to write him off. He could make a strong comeback again. Or his career could go south. We don't know. But if he can carry over his domestic performances in international cricket, he can be a very good player for India. He doesn't look good against international level bowling right now, but maybe he could in the future.
 
TNAmarkFromIndia said:
I'm just saying it's too early to write him off. He could make a strong comeback again. Or his career could go south. We don't know. But if he can carry over his domestic performances in international cricket, he can be a very good player for India. He doesn't look good against international level bowling right now, but maybe he could in the future.
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Agreed

He is good domestic performer and had earned his call up but its quite apparent that he is not yet ready for the international game.
 
Now people understand the value of Hardik Pandya! (But they expected a lot from him! Now you can see what's in offer with reserves!) The next best pace bowling alrounder from India after Kapil Dev! Though it looks like huge gap between the two! Yes Mohinder Amarnath, Prabhakar, etc had their moments, but they could not impress me much after a limit! But I have hopes with Pandya! Anyhow we need to know how he shapes up after the injury...
 
TNAmarkFromIndia said:
Dube has a batting average of 41.53 (strike rate 121.20) and a bowling average of 34.28 in List-A cricket. First-class batting average of 48.19 and bowling average of 24.27. Those aren't bad numbers by any stretch of imagination.
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Its not about stats but the way he plays.In batting he doesn't have front foot game and just wildly slogs.And in bowling he lacks pace or variation.Less said about fielding the better
 
Abdullah719 said:
Just conceded 34 in an over.
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There was also an unfortunate record set by an Indian player as Shivam Dube conceded the second most number of runs in an over in T20Is but fortunately for him, still ended up on the winning side.

Dube was smashed for 34 runs by Tim Seifert and Ross Taylor in the 10th over which threatened to take the game away from India. But they made a remarkable comeback in the final stages of the match to seal victory.

https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cr...jasprit-bumrah-shivam-dube-1642596-2020-02-02
 
TNAmarkFromIndia said:
Again, you're speaking with the advantage of hindsight. In 2009, Jadeja was neither a good bowler nor a good batsman. In 2009, nobody thought he would be a future Test match player. You're lying if you watched Jadeja in 2009 and thought you saw "anything special there".

I'm not saying Dube will turn out to be a good player or that they should stick with him after this series, but you're overreacting if you think this is the end of him or he'll never amount to anything. His domestic performances have been good, and he did very well for India 'A' before being selected for India.
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He was picked based on his IPL performances if I am right. Did okay with bat and ball. Also a handy fielder. Warne raved about him highly. I don't think he didn't start his international career that badly. With Dubey from the first match he looks out of place. Looked very one-dimensional. Shankar's bowling looked much better. Sure even the worst of the worst players can make a come back. If he has to come back he has to significantly improve.
 
Saurav said:
Its not about stats but the way he plays.In batting he doesn't have front foot game and just wildly slogs.
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I think his front foot game is fine. He hit a front foot shot over cover in the previous game. I just think the pressure of international cricket got to him and he hasn't played with a clear mind.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
He was picked based on his IPL performances if I am right. Did okay with bat and ball.
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You probably don't remember then. He had a forgettable debut with the ball and a disastrous World T20. His innings got India out of the tournament. Dhoni had to publicly apologize for promoting him up the order. He was seen as useless with both bat and ball.
 
Pandya must start in LO when fit for India. They don't seem to have many seam bowling all rounders but are stacked in all other departments.
 
TNAmarkFromIndia said:
You probably don't remember then. He had a forgettable debut with the ball and a disastrous World T20. His innings got India out of the tournament. Dhoni had to publicly apologize for promoting him up the order. He was seen as useless with both bat and ball.
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I am talking about his selection criteria. Warne promoted him a lot. At that time his selection prior to world T20 was not an outlandish choice. Even now Jadeja is not exactly a reliable T20 bowler or batsman. He didn't exactly grow into a great T20 bowler.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
I am talking about his selection criteria. Warne promoted him a lot. At that time his selection prior to world T20 was not an outlandish choice.
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I'm not talking about selection. If we were talking about selection criteria, you look at Dube's performances for Mumbai and India 'A' and he is ahead of where Jadeja was in 2009. I'm talking about what people thought after Jadeja's performances in the 2009 World T20. People didn't want to see him in the Indian team ever again. Dube had a bad series but being responsible for the team getting knocked out of an ICC tournament to the point that your captain had to publicly apologise to the country for pushing you up the order is something else. Jadeja's come back from that and if Dube works on his game and the mental aspect of it, he can too. He's at best a part-time bowler, but any team would love to have a No. 6 with an average of over 40 and a strike rate of 120+ in 50-over cricket. That is, if he can translate his domestic and India 'A' performances to international cricket.
 
TNAmarkFromIndia said:
I'm not talking about selection. If we were talking about selection criteria, you look at Dube's performances for Mumbai and India 'A' and he is ahead of where Jadeja was in 2009. I'm talking about what people thought after Jadeja's performances in the 2009 World T20. People didn't want to see him in the Indian team ever again. Dube had a bad series but being responsible for the team getting knocked out of an ICC tournament to the point that your captain had to publicly apologise to the country for pushing you up the order is something else. Jadeja's come back from that and if Dube works on his game and the mental aspect of it, he can too. He's at best a part-time bowler, but any team would love to have a No. 6 with an average of over 40 and a strike rate of 120+ in 50-over cricket. That is, if he can translate his domestic and India 'A' performances to international cricket.
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I do not think it is a legit comparison. Nobody said about Jadeja before world t20 failure. But Dubey’s performance didn’t inspire confidence from the get go as he clearly looks
Like a one dimensional hack. This 34 run over merely reconfirms our fear. Any player can come back . At this point he is a mediocre
Bowler and an average batsman.
Poor fielder too.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
I do not think it is a legit comparison. Nobody said about Jadeja before world t20 failure. But Dubey’s performance didn’t inspire confidence from the get go as he clearly looks
Like a one dimensional hack. This 34 run over merely reconfirms our fear. Any player can come back . At this point he is a mediocre
Bowler and an average batsman.
Poor fielder too.
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What are you talking about? From the time that video of him hitting 4 sixes in that Mumbai T20 league went viral, people have been hyping Shivam Dube and comparing him rather unfairly to Yuvraj. But to his credit, he racked up pretty good numbers in domestic cricket and then did well for India 'A'. People were praising him even after that 30-ball 50 against West Indies. Whether you felt he was a one-dimensional hack at the time is another matter, but it seems like you're comparing your personal opinion of Dube with what people's opinion of Jadeja used to be because you don't remember what your own opinion was of him at that time.


Jadeja was a nobody before World T20. You say he was spoken good of by Warne but he did that for a lot of players in Rajasthan Royals, a team that was made up of no-name players, Kamran Khan being another one he praised and is nowhere to be seen now.
 
unrelated, but he could be india's tallest cricketer
he looked a lot taller than navdeep when standing next to him and navdeep is 6'3.

he should use his height to extract extra bounce, but bowls dollies instead
 
TNAmarkFromIndia said:
What are you talking about? From the time that video of him hitting 4 sixes in that Mumbai T20 league went viral, people have been hyping Shivam Dube and comparing him rather unfairly to Yuvraj. But to his credit, he racked up pretty good numbers in domestic cricket and then did well for India 'A'. People were praising him even after that 30-ball 50 against West Indies. Whether you felt he was a one-dimensional hack at the time is another matter, but it seems like you're comparing your personal opinion of Dube with what people's opinion of Jadeja used to be because you don't remember what your own opinion was of him at that time.


Jadeja was a nobody before World T20. You say he was spoken good of by Warne but he did that for a lot of players in Rajasthan Royals, a team that was made up of no-name players, Kamran Khan being another one he praised and is nowhere to be seen now.
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Yes. That video really fooled everyone. I learnt only later he was just a part time bowler delivering piess
 
deep82 said:
Shivam Dubey and Vijay Shankar are both mediocre.

I will take Hardik Pandya for his batting alone over these so called all rounders.

Why are they not giving chances to Suryakumar Yadav who is the next best power hitter in India after Hardik Pandya? He just blasted a 70 ball hundred in a Ranji game today...
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With an avg of 16 in T20s and 29 in ODI's even Pandya doesn't deserve to be in Indian team. He is another so called all rounder. :inti
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Yes. That video really fooled everyone.
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He performed later for Mumbai and India 'A' in both first-class and List-A. He scored 155 runs in 4 innings against South Africa 'A' with 3 unbeaten innings at a strike rate of 144.85, the highest scorer among India 'A' batsman, more than even Shubman Gill. It's not like he failed when he played at a higher level than the Mumbai T20 league.
 
TNAmarkFromIndia said:
He performed later for Mumbai and India 'A' in both first-class and List-A. He scored 155 runs in 4 innings against South Africa 'A' with 3 unbeaten innings at a strike rate of 144.85, the highest scorer among India 'A' batsman, more than even Shubman Gill. It's not like he failed when he played at a higher level than the Mumbai T20 league.
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Well so far what we see at the internationals he is one-dimensional hack with zero sense of timing. Sanju Samson can be called many things. But you can never say he lacks timing. This guy lacks timing
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Well so far what we see at the internationals he is one-dimensional hack with zero sense of timing. Sanju Samson can be called many things. But you can never say he lacks timing. This guy lacks timing
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He's not a timing player. He relies on brute force to clear the boundary. It hasn't worked all that well for him in a lot of games in international cricket. But if he can find a way to make it work, he can be a useful player. He's not just a T20 player. He has good numbers in 5-day cricket too and was among the highest scorers in the Test series against West Indies 'A'.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
With an avg of 16 in T20s and 29 in ODI's even Pandya doesn't deserve to be in Indian team. He is another so called all rounder. :inti
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But he used to bat higher than Jadhav in world cup even though he is better bowler and fielder than Jadhav . Seems, team had more confidence on Pandya's batting than Jadhav.
 
Ab Fan said:
But he used to bat higher than Jadhav in world cup even though he is better bowler and fielder than Jadhav . Seems, team had more confidence on Pandya's batting than Jadhav.
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He did make a 93 in SA vs 4 pronged pace attack. Yes he has batting potential. Just that in most recent times he started playing these fancy shots like helicopter shots by staying deep in the crease. He will doo well to play proper cricket and he has higher chances of succeeding.
 
Yuvraj Singh tells India to show patience with Shivam Dube in all-rounder's role

An all-rounder who can do the job with both bat and ball is a massive asset to have for any limited-overs outfit and Ben Stokes’ 2019 World Cup heroics for England are testament to the value of multi-faceted cricketers.

India had a man of similar calibre in their ranks for the 2011 World Cup title win, with Yuvraj Singh putting in a superb all-round display on his way to clinching the man-of-the-tournament award.

The left-hander registered a ton and four fifties while also claiming 15 wickets with his orthodox spin to star in the tournament held in India’s home soil. The Men in Blue have sorely missed the team balance provided by Yuvraj in subsequent World Cup editions of 2015 and 2019, particularly in the former.

Hardik Pandya has been handed the all-rounder’s mantle by India in the past couple of years but the 26-year-old is currently attempting to return from a severe back injury. His injury setback has forced India to try out Shivam Dube in the all-rounder’s role, though the Mumbai man has been making headlines for the wrong reasons of late.

After some promising initial displays, Dube was on the receiving end of serious punishment in the recently concluded T20I series between New Zealand and India. The right-armed medium pacer was carted for 34 runs in a single over by Tim Seifert and Ross Taylor in the fifth and final T20I in Mount Maunganui.

It is the second most expensive over in the format’s history, and lies just behind the 36 runs slammed by Yuvraj in a single Stuart Broad over in the 2007 World T20. Yuvraj, however, believes India need to be patient with Dube and is maintaining a cautious outlook on Pandya’s impending return.

“Shivam Dube I think is a good talent, but you have to give him time,” the former India man told Sport360 on the sidelines of the Expo 2020 Dubai cricket final.

“Hardik is coming back from a back injury, and bowling fast after a back injury is going to be tough. So I don’t know how Hardik will turn out.

“Looking at Dube, you have to give the guy a bit of time and we will see in the future who comes out with the consistent performances.”

https://sport360.com/article/cricke...atience-with-shivam-dube-in-all-rounders-role
 
Shivam Dube's unbeaten knock of 60* off 40 deliveries helps India triumph in the first T20I against Afghanistan. Dube's innings included 5 four and 2 sixes.
 
Not good enough to play for India.

The fact that he is IN FACT playing for India is because the team management is lusting for a pace bowling AR. Hard to believe that this team management just sticks to templates instead of creatively approaching these problems.
 
Still better than Tilak Varma, no matter what Dubey's flaws are.

Varma may have ability but so far he was been the worst white ball batter we have had in terms of performances in international cricket.

Playing at #3, just to protect Kohli's spot.
 
Shivam Dube's explosive innings of 63(32) propelled India to victory over Afghanistan in the 2nd T20I, with 26 balls to spare. His impactful performance down the order showcased his prowess.

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Shivam Dube scored a magnificent 124 runs in a 3-match series against Afghanistan to become the Player of the Series.

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Shivam Dube played a crucial 34-run cameo and also shared an unbeaten 66-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Ravindra Jadeja (25 not out) to lead defending champions CSK to a six-wicket win over against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL 2024 opening match in Chennai, He told to IPL digital media:

"It was amazing. Finishing the game for Chennai is always something that amazes me. That's what I have learnt from Mahi bhai (Dhoni) and I try to do it every game."

"It feels very good when you finish the game like this, especially during the first game of the season. So, it always feels special."

"It was nice to have a partnership with Rutu. Obviously, he's done this for a long period for Chennai."

"The calming presence that he had and also building the partnership with Jinx (Ajinkya Rahane) was pretty cool in front of the full house. The wicket was beautiful, so it made life a lot easier."

"It was crazy; the crowd was incredible, one of the loudest I have ever experienced. It was unbelievable. Hopefully, we have more wins here to get the crowd going."
 
Shivam Dube lit the stage up for CSK today, played a wonder knock of 51(23) to take them beyond 200 today in an encounter against Gujrat Titans.
 
Shivam Dube was at his explosive best and he becomes the Player of the Match for his quick-fire fifty.

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Happy for the guy. At the age of 30 he has found a niche role for himself in a good IPL side as a designated spin hitter.

Not every player is good enough for long international cricket career but thanks to league cricket they can convert their limited skillsets into bank.

This will probably be the route walked by several players in coming decade. Azam khan, Zaman Khan come to mind as similiar players
 
Dube played a decent knock of 45(24) against SRH while playing for CSK in IPL 2024 match today.
 
Shivam Dube played a magnificent knock against Mumbai Indians, scored a quick-fire 66 runs off just 38 deliveries.
 
Champ_Pal said:
Dube would be regular in the Indian team if he could improve his bowling.
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Hardly a chance to improve for him with the impact sub rule. He just bats and mostly gets subbed out. So cannot improve bowling in IPL. He needs to work on his bowling in domestic cricket but again as a batter he should be in the Indian middle order. With him, Surya & Rinku, India will have great firepower in batting for T20 format, considering Rohit & Virat will be in our top 3.
 
He is playing a role for CSK. Will he get the same role for India. He should have absolute freedom. His failure should be tolerated by India. Cannot chop and change.
 
These players will form a very good T20 team (young and players who don't have any pressure or bearings). But I don't think India will ever select many such players, but go with their Grade-A players who come under BCCI-pay-contract perhaps! Winning cups is not the main criteria for BCCI, it is about running their business... They see even ICC events just like IPL....
 
No doubt about his batting skills... he could be a very handy finisher but I m not sure if he can take on the role of an all rounder because his bowling is not up to the mark. I don't think he can fit into the team as a specialist batter.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
No doubt about his batting skills... he could be a very handy finisher but I m not sure if he can take on the role of an all rounder because his bowling is not up to the mark. I don't think he can fit into the team as a specialist batter.
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India has too many batsmen competing for the limited spots in the team. Playing pure batsmen who cannot contribute anything with the ball will bring curtains down for India in elimination matches. Playing pure batsmen means India will have to pick pure bowlers. India always had issues with the last 4 or 5 players of the tail who cannot bat if their lives depend on it.

Dube is competing with Hardik and Rinku for a batting spot. Hardik gets the nod as he can bowl too. But on current form Dube is a much better batsman than Hardik or Rinku.
 
Shivam Dube admitted to having sleepless nights in the lead up to the announcement of India's T20 World Cup squad. Dube said in a chat with bcci.tv:

"When I came for the Afghanistan series, Rohit bhai told me 'bowling bhi daalega, batting bhi milega tere ko (You'll bowl and get to bat as well). You just have to show what you are capable of."

"So that is what I was focussing on, because if the captain tells you that they want to see you perform, it motivates you. When I was playing, all I was thinking about was how I could perform better and help my team."

"When I came into the CSK setup, Mahi [MS Dhoni] bhai and [Stephen] Fleming told me that you have to hit. But they've never said it has to be from the first ball. Even they know doing that can be risky. It was at the back of my mind that if they trust in me, why should I take undue risks in my first 10 balls?"

"Mentally, I prepared myself to know what my approach should be if a bowler bowls a particular ball. It took some time, but I'm set now. I watch the ball really well, and as it hits the bat, I get the feel that it'll go for six and go long. Special thanks to CSK. They brought me up and it has worked for me."

"I've learnt watching him that even if he wouldn't hit off the first seven-eight balls, he made up towards the end. I've learnt that and prepared mentally for it too. If people think I can [hit like him], maybe I really can. Why not? It's important to apply the right things at the right time."
 
Shivam Dube reveals chat with Rohit Sharma that prepared him for T20 World Cup selection

Shivam Dube has revealed his conversation with skipper Rohit Sharma in early January that gave him an inkling about his possible selection in the squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 squad.

Shivam Dube admitted to having “sleepless nights” ahead of the squad selection for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.

The 30-year-old all-rounder, who made his T20I debut way back in 2019, had fallen out of favour until last year when his performances in the Indian Premier League for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) saw him claw his way back to the Indian team for the Ireland tour.

That was a first step for Dube, whose phenomenal ball-striking in the middle-order for CSK continued in IPL 2024. However, even before the start of this season, Dube had put himself in contention for the T20 World Cup squad with a Player of the Series performance against Afghanistan in January.

With scores of 60* (40) and 63* (32) Dube impressed the management. The all-rounder revealed his chat with skipper Rohit Sharma, who was also on a comeback trail in T20Is in that series.

"When I got picked for the Afghanistan series, Rohit [Sharma] bhai told me I will [get a chance to] bowl and bat as well," Dube said in a video shared on BCCI.tv.

"He asked 'show us what you can do.' If the captain tells you we want to see you do this, you feel motivated to express yourself. My only thought then was how I could perform and help the team win."

Dube’s spectacular run in that series might have put him into frame for selection in the squad for the mega event, but what actually sealed his spot in the 15 is his incredible run in IPL 2024.

With 26 sixes in nine innings, Dube continued his remarkable form in the middle-order, excelling against both spin and pace. He has 350 runs at an average of 58.33 in the tournament this season (as of 1 May).

Dube credits the mindset instilled into him by MS Dhoni and CSK head coach Stephen Fleming that freed him up.

"When I came into the CSK setup, Mahi [MS Dhoni] bhai and [Stephen] Fleming told me that you have to hit. But they never said it has to be from the first ball," Dube said. "They know doing that can be risky. In my mind, I knew that they have the faith in me, so why should I take needless risks in my first 10 balls?

"That plan was, yes, I'm striking well, but how can I do it throughout? I prepared myself to see what my approach should be for a particular ball. It took me time to apply this, but now I’m ready. I watch the ball really well, and as it hits the bat, I get the feel if it will go for six and go long. Special thanks to CSK. They brought me up their way and it has worked for me."

Source: ICC
 
Shivam Dube bowled in the IPL for the first time since 2022 and got the big wicket of Jonny Bairstow.

With only 1 over bowled in the last 2 years in the IPL how could he be considered the next big all rounder for India?
 
Dube is not an all rounder. He can bowl, but at 120k's. Not good enough even as a change bowler in international cricket.
 
There's a reason why MS Dhoni is known to have the sharpest cricket mind. He knew Shivam Dube can't be hidden in the field, hence he plays as a impact player only in the IPL. And we have all seen Dube's fielding today. Dhoni will always be genius.
 
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