“Will be impactful for India in T20 World Cup”: CSK coach praises Shivam Dubey

Ahead of his team’s Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Chennai on Wednesday, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) coach Stephen Fleming praised all-rounder Shivam Dube, saying he has proved that He is more than a spinner. Basher will be an influential “X-factor” for Team India in this year’s ICC T20 World Cup. Shivam’s tremendous form with the bat for CSK in the last two-three seasons finally paid off as he was named in India’s ICC T20 World Cup squad by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday.

Speaking before the game, Fleming said that Dube has proved that he is more than just a spin basher and that he has “raw power”. He also said that as a player Dubey is more complete than him.

“He’s proven this year that he’s got more than just spinners. He’s got raw power. And at the World Cup, you need some X-factor players, so I’m glad he’s going to get his chance.” Is.” “He’s very thorough in trying to do and understand the game and that comes with a little bit of experience,” Fleming said.

The coach also said that the team has benefited from him and he has also worked on his weak areas of the game.

“We have benefited from him and he has been working hard in areas in which he was not so strong, while also developing his strength, which is ability, consistently and quite regularly, and he has shown great success this year. Has done that for us. So his form has continued and he is going to be an impact player for India.”

In nine matches so far during the season, Dubey has scored 350 runs at an average of 58.33 and a strike rate of over 172 with three half-centuries. His best score is 66*. He has hit 24 fours and 26 sixes in this IPL.

Rohit Sharma will lead India in the showpiece tournament, while Hardik Pandya will be his deputy.

India have been placed in Group A of the tournament along with arch-rivals Pakistan, Ireland, Canada and co-hosts USA. Their campaign begins against Ireland on June 5 at the newly constructed Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, before they take on Pakistan on June 9 in one of the most anticipated matches of the upcoming T20 World Cup.

Squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Hardik Pandya (Vice Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal. , Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj.

Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khalil Ahmed and Avesh Khan.

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