Former India player Abhinav Mukund applauded India all-rounder Shivam Dube for his stunning all-round show. Dube first smoked 26 runs off 12 balls as India posted a 168-run target in Harare on Sunday, July 14. He then registered figures of 2/25 in his allotted four overs and ran Sikandar Raza out as the Indian team completed a 42-run win in the final game to bag the series 4-1 as well.

Speaking on Sony Sports, Mukund said, “That’s what I loved about his conversation with Tino (Mawoyo). He said ‘One ball can change things up with regards to my batting and with my bowling’. He forgot to mention the run-out as well. He was involved in that direct hit from short fine leg to get rid of the big player, Sikandar Raza.”

“So he had a game to remember, and that’s exactly what India are also looking for. It’s always the big thing in Indian cricket, they are looking for that all-rounder. Shivam Dube was hitting spin and hitting pace as well. 26 off 12 was immense at that time of the game and then contributing with the ball and in the field,” the former India opener further added.

In the same discussion, former Zimbabwe player Tino Mawoyo also opined on Shivam Dube’s knock, considering it hadn’t been easy for
batters to hit boundaries as soon as they reached the middle. The former Zimbabwe batter also stated that Dube’s cameo virtually took
the game out of the hosts’ reach as well.

“You took the words right out of my mouth because I was going to say we have seen how difficult it is to bat out there if you haven’t been out there before. He hasn’t spent time in the middle prior to today. You could see he had a game plan when he walked out. He was ultra-positive and he knew that he needed to play an innings that was going to change the innings for India, and that’s exactly what he did. 26 in 12, two fours and two sixes – ‘thank you, now we are out of reach, Zimbabwe’,” Mawoyo added.