SHIVAM DUBE

Shivam Dube had been highly considered as a big-hitter thanks to his five sixes in an over in a Mumbai T20 league match two years back. This led to him getting a huge INR 5 Cr deal with the Royal Challengers Bangalore for IPL 2019. He performed admirably and good enough to be retained for the IPL 2020 as well.

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In meantime, Dube had played international cricket for India as well and his stocks were at an all-time high and a lot was expected from him when the tournament was shifted to UAE. However, in the 11 matches he played, Dube made 129 runs with a strike-rate of 122.85 and picked 4 wickets at an economy of 8.11.

A decent outing for someone who batted at no.6 and got to bowl filler overs. But given the amount spent on Dube and him being designated the finisher’s spot, with Chris Morris out initially with an injury, the left-handed batsman couldn’t live up to the expectations and RCB must think about retaining him for the IPL 2021 as well.