Shivam Dube credits Rohit Sharma for maiden fifty against West Indies
Cricket | December 10, 2019 12:31 ISTShivam Dube said Rohit Sharma motivated him ahead of the 2nd T20I against West Indies, where he scored his maiden T20I fifty.
Shivam Dube said Rohit Sharma motivated him ahead of the 2nd T20I against West Indies, where he scored his maiden T20I fifty.
The 22-year-old is enduring a woeful run of form and has struggled to make an impact both with the bat and behind the stumps. Pant also coped criticism for bad DRS calls.
Reportedly, when the Windies team bus was heading towards the Greenfield Stadium for the match, Ramdin got off from the bus as he saw a young girl waving towards his team.
It was the Windies attack that outshone the Indian bowling attack at the end of the 2nd T20I. The travellers did not just counter the dew factor immensely, they also tackled the slowness of the pitch with astute cleverness.
However after an impactful performance against India, the 27-year-old leg-spinner is confident that he will now be able to carve an identity of his own, where deceptive googlies will be discussed more than lethal bouncers.
Promoted up the order at No 3, Dube smashed 54 off 30 balls with four sixes, three of which came in one over from rival skipper Kieron Pollard but India failed to defend a target of 170 with three-match series levelled at 1-1.
Virat Kohli caught a screamer on Sunday to dismiss Windies batsman Shimron Hetmyer.
West Indies restricted India to 170/7 in the second T20I that was played in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday and then chased down the target with eight wickets and nine balls to spare.
While fielding, Washington Sundar at mid-off and Rishabh Pant behind the stumps dropped catches off successive deliveries from Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
West Indies beat India by eight wickets in the second T20 International to level the three-match series 1-1 here on Sunday.
A below-par score of 170 for 7 with only 38 runs in the final five overs was never going to be enough keeping the dew factor in mind and senior opener Lendl Simmons (67 * off 45 balls) seal the match for Windies.
Indian captain Virat Kohli made a superhuman effort on the boundary line to dismiss Shimon Hetmyer.
Shivam Dube slammed his maiden T20I half-century after being promoted to number 3 in the batting order during the 2nd T20I against West Indies.
Indian captain Virat Kohli has become the highest run-getter in T20Is, going past fellow teammate Rohit Sharma.
India's young wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson missed out on a chance to play in front of the home crowd as India stuck with the same playing XI in the 2nd T20I.
Simmons slammed unbeaten 67 runs to power Windies to 8-wicket win in Thiruvananthapuram to level three-match series 1-1.
Kerala star Sanju Samson received a hero's welcome upon arrival at Thiruvananthapuram airport.
Pollard is just 10 runs away from smashing 1000 runs in T20 internationals and if the batsman manages to do so, he will become the fourth Windies batsmen to achieve the feat.
Legendary Windies cricketer Viv Richards had also lauded Kohli's effort and the Indian run-machine has graciously accepted his praise.
Rohit has 2547 runs in T20Is and Kohli has 2544 runs. Can the Indian skipper regain the top spot in global T20I run charts?
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