Former India player Aakash Chopra has questioned why Shivam Dube has not been picked in Team India’s squad for the upcoming T20I series against England as well. He also said that the all-rounder was a key member of the Indian team’s 2024 T20 World Cup-winning team.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “What happened to Shivam Dube? I wanted to talk about Ruturaj (Gaikwad) as well but he is not able to make his place. Rajat Patidar is also there. Obviously, there is a lot of batting. However, now I am going to focus a little bit on Shivam Dube. He was a member of the T20 World Cup-winning team. When you win, everyone should get the credit. He even played decently in the final. Before that, there were definitely some questions that he wasn’t fielding or batting well. However, then he played well and became the T20 World Cup champion.”

He scored 133 runs which came at a strike rate of 114.65 in eight innings in the 2024 T20 World Cup as well. He smashed an important 16-ball 27 in India’s seven-run win in the final against South Africa as well. In the same video, Aakash Chopra also added that Shivam Dube has suddenly gone out of contention.

“After that, he remained injured a little, didn’t get too many opportunities either, and is now out of the team. No one is talking about him as well. Riyan Parag is not being talked about because he is injured but no one is asking where Dube went. He suddenly disappeared from the horizon. If he was good enough to be a part of the World Cup squad, I am sure he would be worthy of playing for another one or two years. He has remained out because of injury, but there was a theory earlier that whoever goes out due to injury, will come back in first, and whoever replaced him would have to sit out no matter what he might have done,” Aakash Chopra concluded.