- By Gurmeet Batra
- Thu, 06 Nov 2025 11:40 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
India vs Australia 4th T20I: All-rounder Shivam Dube credited the chief coach Gautam Gambhir, bowling coach Morne Morkel, and T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav for their invaluable guidance that bolstered his confidence as a bowler.
Dube praised Morkel's masterful advice, including tweaking his bowling line and introducing a slower delivery, which yielded the result of 2 wickets in two overs during the fourth T20I against Australia at the Carrara Oval in Queensland.
"When I got the chance I knew that I had to bowl, especially Morne, Gauti bhai and Surya prepared a good plan for me," Dube said at the post-match press conference.
To bring out the depth of his all-round performance, Dube was promoted to the no. 3 spot and he made a notable contribution with the bat, striking 22 runs off 18 balls.
"In nets I practised a lot on how to deal with short balls because the bounce is more here as compared to India. It's my first tour but I am trying to get settled down as soon as possible," he added.
"Definitely, that was an important phase because at that time scoring got slow and I knew (Adam) is going to bowl. I never took chances against fast bowlers because they were bowling in the direction of side boundaries. The plan was to rotate strike against fast bowlers and attack the spinners when they come," Dube said.
Dube said the total posted by India was a respectable performance considering the ground dimensions.
"167 on this ground is definitely a good score because the quality bowling we have, the spinners, the fast bowlers...I trust them and the whole team trusts our bowlers," Dube said.
"Definitely it's a T20 game and any of the batter can come and smack but on this ground where the side boundaries are big, we had planned it very nicely and we had confidence that we can stop them," he added.
"The plan was to bowl on the sides which have bigger boundaries because it is difficult to hit big, I think the boundaries were 80m plus. We knew it wouldn't be easy to hit how much you may connect. Plan was to bowl smartly and when a batter is set, force him to hit on the bigger sides than the small sides," he further elaborated India's bowling plans.