With Special ‘CSK’ Remark, R Ashwin Settles Shivam Dube vs Hardik Pandya T20 World Cup Debate | Cricket News

Veteran India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been impressed by Shivam Dube’s emergence, backing him for a spot within the squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup. During the recently-concluded T20I sequence towards Afghanistan, Dube smashed half-centuries in back-to-back video games to assist India sweep the bilateral 3-0. He was additionally spectacular with the bowl, regardless of taking simply two wickets. Impressed with Dube’s efficiency within the sequence, Ashwin feels the all-rounder could make a distinction on the T20 World Cup in West Indies, the place the circumstances are much like that of Chepauk.

“Hardik Pandya is a crucial member of this Indian team. However, the emergence of Shivam Dube… Just like how we divide eras into Before Christ and After Christ, we can divide his career into ‘before CSK’ and ‘after CSK’. In West Indies conditions, which are almost CSK conditions, he is a spin-hitting monster,” Ashwin stated on his YouTube channel.

Ashwin additionally labelled Dube because the lite model of legendary India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, primarily due to his top and attain.

“I can proudly call him ‘Yuvraj Singh lite’ package. There are so many factoids about Yuvraj Singh that I could see in his game – the downswing, the height and the reach. I am not saying that he is like Yuvraj Singh, just saying he reminds me a lot of him. The beauty here is that he hits spin straight down the ground,” he added.

Ashwin was additionally impressed by Dube’s bowling, saying that the participant has added extra variations to his arsenal.

“When Suryakumar Yadav is playing at one end, a team might try to suppress him by playing a left-arm spinner. When Shivam Dube is that the other end at this point, this is a great combination to have. The options that he gives to the team are tremendous. He can bowl two overs of his quota too. He has proved that he can bowl cutters and has developed a back-of-the-hand slower delivery as well. It has just added worth in gold going into this World Cup,” Ashwin signed off.