Shivam Dube were given the Participant of the Fit award after Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by way of 23 runs on Tuesday.
Shivam Dube of Chennai Tremendous Kings. Courtesy: BCCI/PTI
HIGHLIGHTSOn Sunday, Shivam Dube scored 95 runs in opposition to RCBDube gained the Participant of the Fit award after CSK’s winThe Tremendous Kings gained their first recreation in IPL 2022 after 4 losses
Former Indian batter Sanjay Manjrekar reckoned Shivam Dube’s taste of stroke-play is very similar to that of Yuvraj Singh. On Tuesday, Dube performed an unbeaten 46-ball knock of 95 with the assistance of 5 fours and as many as 8 sixes. The southpaw was the Participant of the Fit after Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) defeated the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by way of 23 runs on April 12.
Dube performed at a strike fee of 206.52, ensuring CSK publish an enormous ranking of 216 at the board. Thereafter, Ravindra Jadeja and Co. limited the Challengers to 193/9. Manjrekar praised Dube for hitting a few sixes off Josh Hazlewood and Wanindu Hasaranga throughout the fag finish of the Tremendous Kings’ innings.
The veteran stated that the left-hander has the facility to break the leather-based a rustic mile like Yuvraj, who was once identified for his wristy photographs. Excluding Dube, Robin Uthappa additionally made a vital contribution, scoring 88 runs with 4 fours and 9 sixes.
However Manjrekar felt that Dube’s knock and audacious batting on the Dr. Dy Patil Sports activities Advanced in Mumbai overshadowed Uthappa’s innings by way of somewhat a ways.
‘Healthier and leaner’
“Hazlewood were given it proper, bowled it complete and Dube was once deep inside of his crease. And to get that more or less elevation is nearly unattainable. He’s were given this herbal reward of hitting the ball far, Yuvraj Singh had it, Shivam Dube has it,” Manjrekar informed ESPNcricinfo.
“He’s additionally having a look just a little healthier and leaner, perhaps more potent. And that shot off Wanindu Hasaranga, there was once not anything unsuitable in that supply, near to wanting a period as a result of he didn’t need to pitch it proper up, however Dube went at the backfoot and hit it an extended distance,” he said.
“The ones two photographs inform you this man isn’t just a hitter, he hits some improbable photographs. That’s why this innings has been in a position to overshadow every other unbelievable innings that we noticed,” Manjrekar added.
Dube is these days 2d within the checklist of main run-scorers within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, having scored 207 runs from 5 video games at a median of 51.75 and a strike fee of 176.92.