Team India’s star all-rounder Shivam Dubey achieved a big achievement in the first T20 against Ireland. During the first T20 match played against Ireland in Belfast, Dubey completed 1000 runs of his T20 International career. He achieved this feat as soon as he scored 9 runs in his innings. With this, he has left behind legendary players like Hardik Pandya and Sanju Samson.
Shivam Dubey completed thousand runs in 648 balls
Shivam Dubey has become the third fastest batsman for India to score 1000 T20 International runs in the fewest number of balls. He achieved this milestone in just 648 balls. By doing this he has left behind Hardik Pandya and Sanju Samson, who had completed their 1000 runs in 679 balls. Abhishek Sharma holds the record of scoring the fastest 1000 runs for India in T20 International. He made this record in 528 balls. After this is the name of Suryakumar Yadav. Yadav had completed one thousand runs in 573 balls.
How has Shivam Dubey performed in T20 International?
Shivam Dubey’s T20 International career has been quite good so far. So far, he has scored 1016 runs at an average of 30.78 while batting in 49 innings of 65 matches. During this period, his strike rate has been 154.64, in this format he scores runs at a very fast pace. Shivam Dubey has scored 6 half-centuries in his career and has also hit 65 fours and 65 sixes so far. He has been a part of Team India that won the 2024 and 2026 T20 World Cup.
Dubey scored 25 runs in 14 balls in the first T20.
Talking about the match played between India and Ireland, while chasing the target of 183 runs, the Indian team lost its 5 wickets for just 90 runs. In such difficult times, Shivam Dubey came to bat. Under pressure, he along with Akshar Patel made a good partnership of 35 runs for the seventh wicket, but together they could not lead the team to victory. Dubey batted aggressively and scored 25 runs in 14 balls, in which he hit 2 sixes and 1 four. In the 16th over, Irish bowler Jai Mundhra caught him on his own ball and dismissed him.
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