Former England player Moeen Ali bluntly stated that India all-rounder Shivam Dube must not bowl in T20Is. His comments
came following England’s 4-0 victory in the five-match T20I series against the Indian team. Moeen Ali said that he never felt someone like Dube should be bowling in the T20 format, unless the conditions were favourable for him to take the ball as well.
“For me personally, in my opinion, Shivam Dube should not be bowling in T20 cricket. I’ve never thought he should be bowling. Maybe if it is a tired wicket or like a slow spinner, those type of wickets it is okay. If he is bowling in a T20 game, you must be doing really well. They went to him in the 19th over, they just scrambled. I don’t think the decision was a good one,” he said on the ‘Beard Before Wicket’ podcast.
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“I feel a bit for Shreyas Iyer because he has played well. He’s batted really well, which is crucial for him as captain of the Indian side, especially after what happened with Surya. I felt like, for the first time, he was really frustrated with the bowlers. You could see that he lost his cool a little bit, and that’s not him. I feel for him. I don’t think they are a good bowling attack,” he again shared.
However, the Indian bowlers appeared absolutely clueless in the fifth T20I as England put up a massive score of 257/3. Towards the backend, Arshdeep Singh and Prasidh Krishna bowled a couple of good overs, going for eight runs each in
the 17th and 18th, respectively, as well.
“I think India could have started death bowling a bit more early. Just bowl everything away. Sometimes you have to. Because they (Brook and Buttler) are such good players. Tough questions to be asked. These guys are young and inexperienced in England. They’ve played a little bit here and there, but it’s not like they’ve come over and played a lot like the previous gun players they had. It’s a different game sometimes. They just struggled with the size and wind, and the ball probably not coming on like in India. It’s a big difference and a different ball game,” Moeen Ali concluded.
