Asia Cup cricket: India’s Shivam Dube credits coach after crucial role in UAE thrashing
All-rounder records career-best figures against hosts, says working with Morne Morkel has seen his bowling improve in the past year
Shivam Dube impressed in India’s crushing nine-wicket win over the United Arab Emirates at the Asia Cup on Wednesday and the all-rounder credited bowling coach Morne Morkel with the tactical tweaks and advice that led to his three-wicket haul.
UAE were skittled for 57 runs in the Twenty20 match, with Dube recording career-best figures of 3/4 and Kuldeep Yadav picking up four wickets, before India chased down their target in just 4.3 overs.
“Morne has been working with me since I came back into the Indian team for the England series,” Dube told reporters.
“He told me to bowl a line that is slightly outside the off stump. He also worked with me in developing a slower delivery and tweaked my run-up a bit. The head coach and the skipper had told me that my bowling will have a role to play.”