‘Hardik Pandya Is A Crucial Member, However..’, Ravichandran Ashwin On Shivam vs Hardik Debate

How R Ashwin Settles Dube Vs Pandya’s T20 World Cup Debate?: Ravichandran Ashwin, an Indian spinner, has remarked on the enduring discussion of selecting between Shivam Dube and Hardik Pandya for the forthcoming T20 World Cup.

In the recent T20I series against Afghanistan, Dube scored fifties in successive matches, playing a pivotal part in India’s 3-0 bilateral series triumph. Despite taking only two wickets, he portrayed an exceptional performance with the ball.

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What Ashwin Feels About Shivam Dube & Hardik Pandya’s T20 World Cup Debate is Discussed Here

Ravichandran Ashwin feels that Shivam Dube can be a game-changer for India at the T20 World Cup in West Indies, which performs identically at Chepauk.

Many think that Dube needs to replace the injured Hardik Pandya in the team, now that Rohit Sharma is available for captaincy. Dube’s two half-centuries against Afghanistan have supported this view.

In the latest video on his YouTube channel, Ashwin said, “Hardik Pandya is a crucial member of this Indian team. However, the emergence of Shivam Dube… Just like how we divide eras into Before Christ and After Christ, we can divide his career into ‘before CSK’ and ‘after CSK”.

Ashwin marked ‘Dube as the lite version of Yuvraj Singh because of his….’

“I can proudly call him the ‘Yuvraj Singh lite’ package. There are so many factoids about Yuvraj Singh that I could see in his game – the downswing, the height, and the reach. I am not saying that he is like Yuvraj Singh, just saying he reminds me a lot of him,” Indian spinner R Ashwin stated.

Also, Ravichandran Ashwin expressed, “When Suryakumar Yadav is playing at one end, a team might try to suppress him by playing a left-arm spinner. When Shivam Dube is at the other end at this point, this is a great combination to have. The options that he gives to the team are tremendous”.

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