Shivam Dube kept up his great play in the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) game between the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). This was CSK’s last home game of the season. The game was played on a tricky pitch where the KKR spinners caused havoc and the home team’s hitters had a hard time getting on their feet. But Dube, who is known for his ability to hit sixes, didn’t care and played recklessly.
Dube scored 48 runs in 34 balls. He hit three sixes, but one in particular gave the fielders a scare. On the 12th over of the game, Suyash Sharma threw a ball that Dube hit near long-off. The ball fell on a chair near the boundary line, where KKR cheerleaders were sitting. But the cheerleader moved quickly and kept herself and her teammates from getting hurt.
Dube was the only hitter for CSK to score more than 30 runs and keep a strike rate of more than 130. His run of not getting out cost 141.18 runs per over. This IPL season, the former Royal Challengers Bangalore player has scored 363 runs at an average of 40.33 and a strike rate of 157.14. This is the first time in an IPL season that he has scored more than 300 runs.
CSK scored a total of 144 runs, with Dube being the best player. Both Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy, spin bowlers for KKR, got two wickets, which made it hard for the home team to score. Suyash Sharma, on the other hand, gave up 29 runs in three overs and didn’t get a single wicket.
Devon Conway got 30 runs off of 28 balls, and Ravindra Jadeja added 20 runs for CSK by getting 20 runs off of 24 balls. Shubman Gill’s unbeaten 54 off 47 balls helped KKR win the game by six wickets. But Dube’s good play kept going strong, making him a key player for CSK in the rest of the season’s games.
