Watch: Shivam Dube smashes Ish Sodhi for 29 runs in IND vs NZ 4th T20I
Shivam Dube seemed to be batting for a different surface during the fourth T20I against India in Visakhapatnam as he smashed Ish Sodhi, the leg-spinner, for 29 runs in a single over as the video goes viral.
When India found themselves 82/5 in the eleventh over of the second innings during their 216-run chase of thefourth T20I of the five-match series against New Zealand at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam, the chase nearly done before Shivam Dube decided to write his own script with the bat, late in the innings.
The left-handed batter, Shivam Dube, started his innings with a massive six against Mitchell Santner as the ball sailed over the long-on region for a massive 101-meter six. But the action-packed over against Ish Sodhi, as the second ball was cleared through the gap between long gone and deep midwicket by the left-handed batter for a cracking boundary.
After a wide on the very next ball, the leg-spinner went fraction short to the batter who stayed back and cleared his front leg to hammer the pull over the deep mid-wicket for another massive six. He then took his front leg out of the way again to drill the leg spinner over mid-wicket for another back-to-back boundary as he was able to find the gap between long gone and deep mid-wicket.
Shivam Dube smashes Ish Sodhi for 29 runs in one over
The pressure increased the New Zealand spinner, who looped up a delivery full and on the off side as Dube got down low to nail the sock sweep over wide long-on for another six. On the very next delivery, he muscled the pull over deep midwicket for the same result to collect 29 runs of the over.
Jacob came to bowl the way next over as Dube spotted the shoreline delivery and dispatched it over the corner for the same result before completing his half-century in just 15 deliveries. He flicked the full low full toes over deep Square leg for another six as the pressure mounted over the New Zealand side despite getting five wickets in less than 14 overs.
Earlier in the game, New Zealand posted 215 for the loss of seven wickets in their allotted 20 overs of the innings as Tim Seifert put up a strong knock of 62 runs in 36 deliveries at a rate of 172.22 with the help of seven boundaries and three sixes.
Brief Scores: New Zealand 215/7 (Tim Seifert 62, Devon Conway 44, Arshdeep Singh 2/33) vs India 146/6 (Shivam Dube 65, Mitchell Santner 2/16)
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