India vs Afghanistan
IND vs AFG 3rd T20I: All-rounder Shivam Dubey has performed excellently in the T20 series against Afghanistan so far. Shivam Dubey was the hero of Team India's victory in the first two games of the series. He has performed amazingly with both the bat and the ball. Now he has the chance to get a place in a special club. This club includes experienced players like Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer.
“Shivam Dubey is close to bagging a spot in the special club.”
Shivam Dubey scored half-centuries in both the opening matches of the series against Afghanistan. If he can do the same in the final game of the series, then this will be his half-century innings in the third consecutive T20 game. With this, he joins the list of players who have scored three consecutive half-centuries for India in T20. For India, only Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav have scored half-centuries each in three consecutive T20Is. Virat has scored three half-centuries in three consecutive T20I matches.
Indian who scored half-centuries in three consecutive T20I matches
Virat Kohli – 3 times
KL Rahul – 2 times
Suryakumar Yadav – 2 times
Rohit Sharma – 1 time
Shreyas Iyer – 1 time
Shivam Dubey's unforgettable performance
Shivam Dubey bowled two overs in the first T20 match of the series and picked up one wicket by scoring just nine runs. He then played a good innings with the bat. He scored an unbeaten 60 runs in 40 balls. However, in the second T20 match, Shivam Dubey had scored 36 runs in 3 overs and taken 1 wicket. He then played an unbeaten innings of 63 runs off 32 balls.
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