The young Indian all-rounder, Shivam Dube can be termed as the next big thing in Indian cricket and that can be seen by the way he batted in the ongoing second T20I against West Indies. He made his debut during the series against Bangladesh last month and was lucky to be retained in the squad for the ongoing series.
Earlier, the Mumbai southpaw could not make any big impression with the bat but did make a mark with the ball. And with Hardik Pandya sidelined with an injury, India had to retain him in the squad. He also maintained his position in the playing XI for the series-opener although he did not get much chance to do anything with the bat and ball.
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However, in the second T20I, he came out to bat ahead of the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli and the youngster has made the most of it. After KL Rahul was out cheaply, Dube walked in to bat and did not take long to start playing the big shots. He started showing his wide array of shots straight away and took a special liking for Kieron Pollard.
WATCH – Kieron Pollard Dropped Easy Catch Of Shivam Dube
In the ninth over of the match, Dube smashed the West Indies captain for three huge sixes all around the park. The first one was a slower one from Pollard which Dube emphatically smashed it over backward square leg and the second one a full-toss wide outside off which he smacked over the extra-cover boundary. By the end of the over, Dube ensured that Pollard was a broken man, so much so that the Windies skipper even missed a sitter of a catch off the bowling of Hayden Walsh. Dube scripted the perfect revenge story and Pollard learned his lesson.
Here is the video of the sixes:
Dube smashing Pollard…!!https://t.co/UODoBmZFE2
— Cricket Videos (@CricketVideos15) December 8, 2019
And during the same over, he also made it clear that he can play the attacking brand of cricket just like most of his teammates. Dube gave it back to Pollard after the latter seemingly tried to stop him from taking a double.In the next over of Hayden Walshi Jr. Pollard dropped an easy catch of Dube.
Here is how Twitterati reacted to the same:
https://twitter.com/maibhiengineer_/status/1203685902003904515
Shivam Dube:
Made a mark in domestic cricket with five consecutive sixes!
Makes a mark in international cricket with 3 sixes in an over!
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) December 8, 2019
https://twitter.com/IManish311/status/1203679483535867904
https://twitter.com/Sanjay98271767/status/1203684248336523265
After Many Years , It Felt Likee Yuvraj Singh Back On Field 😍😍
Well Played #ShivamDube 🔥🔥
U Will Get Experience From This @BCCI #INDvWI #Dube @YUVSTRONG12— অর্পন 🥺 (@srk_arpan) December 8, 2019
Pollard 1st over just 3 runs and 2 nd over for 26 runs by #Shivam #Dube #INDvWI #BCCI #ICC
— Rajesh (@rajp3006) December 8, 2019
https://twitter.com/farooqindia/status/1203680045669085184
This is a big ground and Shivam Dube's sixes are even bigger. Phew💪🏾 #INDvWI
— Moulin (@Moulinparikh) December 8, 2019
