I was trying to improve my bowling, it was not happening: Shivam Dube

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Australia vs India, 4th T20I: Shivam Dube credited Gautam Gambhir, Suryakumar Yadav and Morne Morkel for helping him improve his bowling skills. Dube took two crucial wickets in India's 48-run win in Gold Coast on Thursday, November 6.

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00:00Hello, I'm Shivab from the Janskator.

00:04Shivab, tell us about playing in the field.

00:08Have you seen so many square boundaries recently in wide ball cricket?

00:12No, I've never seen such boundaries.

00:16I've been playing square boundaries, but it was quite big.

00:20Last match, we played straight boundaries.

00:24It was a great game.

00:26As a batter or bowler,

00:28what was your plan?

00:30How did you approach this field?

00:32It was the plan that there was a big boundary.

00:34There was a lot of balling.

00:36Because it was difficult to hit.

00:38I think it was 80m plus boundary.

00:40So it won't be easy to hit.

00:42You want to connect so much better.

00:44So the plan was to hit smart bowling.

00:46If a batsman is set,

00:48then give it to the small end to the big end.

00:50That's the plan.

00:52We've seen your bowling in Asia.

00:54You've seen a lot of bowling in Asia.

00:56You've done a lot of improvement.

00:58You've done a lot of improvement.

01:00You've done a lot of bowling in Asia.

01:02And you've done a lot of improvement.

01:04What are your challenges?

01:08You've done a lot of improvement.

01:10Yes.

01:11It was very important for me.

01:14Because when I got a chance,

01:16I knew I had to play bowling.

01:18Especially Mourne, Gauti and Surya.

01:20They made a good plan for me.

01:22I wanted to go on the track.

01:26I wanted to play bowling.

01:28I wanted to play bowling in Asia.

01:30I wanted to play bowling in Asia.

01:32We are here for you.

01:34But I wanted to express myself.

01:36That was my plan today.

01:38So I did it.

01:40And Mourne has helped me.

01:42Because I had to play bowling better.

01:44I was trying to play bowling better.

01:46I was trying to play a lot.

01:48So that was a good one.

01:50Sky said that the pitch looked quite subcontinental.

01:54Nathan Ellis has just said similar here.

01:56You spent quite a bit of time out there.

02:00Did you feel 165, whatever it was,

02:04was a competitive score that you guys got?

02:06Yeah, definitely.

02:08165 on this ground is a good score.

02:10Because the kind of bowling we have,

02:12the quality bowling, the spinners,

02:14the fast bowlers,

02:16I think it's like that.

02:18I trust them.

02:20And the whole team trusts our bowlers

02:22that yes, whatever score we get,

02:24165, definitely it's a T20 game.

02:26Any of the batter can come and smack it.

02:28But on this ground,

02:30the side boundaries are big.

02:31So we have planned it very nicely.

02:33And we trust all those bowlers.

02:35And we had that confidence.

02:37We got to stop them.

02:38Can I just ask,

02:39what were you thinking of in your mind?

02:41You ran in the ball.

02:43Tim David had just put you into the stands.

02:45What were you thinking as you ran in

02:46for that next delivery?

02:48So when he got me a six,

02:49I just thought that's a good shot.

02:51I should focus on my next ball.

02:53Shibam,

02:55you should know about batting.

02:58Obviously,

02:59in T20 cricket,

03:00we can see that

03:01you generally keep the spinners

03:03for the last 5-over.

03:04But in such conditions,

03:06when you come to Australia,

03:07there are fast bowlers,

03:09here are bowling,

03:10base bounce wicket,

03:11here are batting,

03:12what challenges have you faced

03:14and what have you done?

03:16Now,

03:17I haven't faced the challenges

03:18because I have batted.

03:19I have batted.

03:20In the nets,

03:21I also have batted.

03:22In the nets,

03:23I know that

03:24the bowlers will throw me

03:25the ball.

03:26So,

03:27it's a practice of short ball.

03:28And a little wicket is different.

03:29So,

03:30in India,

03:31it's not a wicket.

03:32It's a little bounce.

03:33So,

03:34it's a practice of that.

03:35And,

03:36yes,

03:37it's time to settle on this wicket.

03:38It's my first tour.

03:39But,

03:40I'm trying to settle as soon as possible.

03:41Next,

03:4250-over World Cup

03:43in South African conditions.

03:45There is a lot of value

03:46of medium-paced all-rounders.

03:48Generally,

03:49we see.

03:50So,

03:51you definitely target them.

03:52Sir,

03:53it's very far.

03:54And,

03:55I do a lot of target

03:56but,

03:57now,

03:58I'm only thinking about T20

03:59because it's a World Cup.

04:01Finally.

04:02Shivam,

04:03compared to today's kick pitch,

04:04like in TOS,

04:05I also heard

04:06in post-match

04:07that I was thinking about

04:08that I was thinking about

04:09that I was thinking about

04:10that I was thinking about

04:11that you also have to batting

04:12in three numbers.

04:13How important is that

04:14we don't have to go

04:15to big shots

04:16and we don't have to go

04:17to big shots.

04:18And,

04:19we're thinking about

04:20a partnership.

04:21Definitely,

04:22it was a very important phase

04:23because,

04:24at that time,

04:25runs slow

04:26and I knew that

04:27Zampa is going to play

04:28and that is going to play

04:29with a lot of chance.

04:30I was thinking about

04:31fast-ballers

04:32because,

04:33the players were playing

04:34at the side boundaries

04:35and playing out

04:36so,

04:37my plan was to rotate

04:38fast-ballers

04:39because,

04:40I knew that

04:41there will be

04:42a spinner

04:43so,

04:44there will be

04:45something wrong.

04:46I will charge them

04:47in the area.

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