Shivam Dube has worked on his weak point in opposition to short-ball fairly properly and it has so much to do with Mahendra Singh Dhoni personally working with the beefy Mumbai man, mentioned Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad on Tuesday.
Dube performed a key position as CSK beat Gujarat Titans by 63 runs in an IPL sport right here.
The left-handed batter smashed 5 sixes in his 23-ball 51 after his 34 not out within the opening victory in opposition to RCB and essentially the most notable characteristic in his sport is how he’s managing the shortball.
Early in his profession, brief ball had turn into his shortcoming however this season a remodeled Dube has managed it properly even when he seems to be a bit uncomfortable.
“Just confidence. When he came here the management worked with him personally, Mahi bhai worked with him personally. He knows what role he is playing and which bowler to take on. A big plus for us,” Gaikwad praised his big-hitting game-changer.
Dube additionally spoke in regards to the freedom that CSK management has given him and he has worked onerous to stay ready for the brief balls, now that couple of bouncers are allowed per over.
“This franchise (CSK) is something different from all others. They are giving me the freedom. They want me to do better and I also want to win some matches,” Dube mentioned after profitable ‘Player of the Match’ award.
It isn’t just survival however Dube has additionally attacked brief balls in these two video games like by no means earlier than, albeit with combined outcomes.
“I have worked in that way. It is helping me. I know they will bowl me some short balls and I am ready for that.” He additionally maintained that the workforce administration has suggested him to do the identical factor match after match — that’s to take on the bowlers.
“They want me to do the same thing I did today. They want me to score with a higher strike-rate and that is what I’m doing.” For his skipper, Tuesday’s win was a results of a near-flawless efficiency.
“Today’s game was near to perfect game, in the sense of batting-bowling-fielding, all three departments. Against a team like Gujarat, we had to produce this kind of performance,” Gaikwad mentioned.
We have been outplayed, accepts Gill
Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill had no hesitation in admitting that his workforce was fully outplayed by Chennai Super Kings with the house workforce bowlers executing the plans to the ‘T’.
CSK gained by 63 runs to go on high of the desk with 4 factors from two video games and the massive win additionally give their internet run-rate a stable enhance.
“They outplayed us when we were batting, their execution was spot on. We backed ourselves to get a decent score in the Powerplay and once we didn’t, we were always playing catch-up. It was unfortunate for us,” Gill mentioned at post-match presentation ceremony.
Gill mentioned that he was anticipating a 200-run complete contemplating the onerous bouncy nature of the monitor.
“In T20, you can always talk about 10-15 runs here or there, end of the day it’s about how much they got. On this wicket, we were expecting to chase 190-200. I think, it’s a great learning for the bowlers.” For Gill, it’s higher to face an opposition like CSK early on reasonably than face them later.
“I think it’s better to have this kind of game early on in the tournament rather than in the middle or late. We always expected to chase 190-200, it was a really good wicket. Felt like we let ourselves down while batting.”