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Ravi Shastri has picked out two players set to debut at ICC events for India – Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dube – as key to the team’s hopes in the West Indies and USA for the T20 World Cup 2024 in June.
Jaiswal and Dube were included in India’s 15-member squad for the tournament which begins next month. Jaiswal was in top form in the Test series against England with a record tally of runs. He has scored 316 runs for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL. Dube, meanwhile, has grossed 350 runs for Chennai Super Kings while smashing 26 sixes in 11 matches.
“The two gentlemen you’ve got to watch out for, and both are left-handers, both playing their first World Cup,” Shastri told ICC.
“One is [Yashasvi] Jaiswal. We know a lot about him, he did extremely well against England, explosive at the top of the order, left-hander, he’s young, he’s fearless and he’ll play shots.”
Shastri picked Dube as the player to watch from the Indian squad.
“But there’s someone in the middle order, please watch out for [him], because he is explosive, he’s devastating and he’s a match-winner. He hits sixes for fun, and when it comes to spin bowling, he can kill you,” Shastri said.
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More Shorts“He’ll park a few balls out of Long Island into the small island, he’s that kind of a player. He hits it big, he hits it long, and like I said, against spin, he could kill you.
“Even against the fast bowlers, he’s worked out his game, he’s understood the way to play and I think he holds the key at that number five, number six position because if you’re on the doldrums, you want someone to change it in 20-25 balls, he’s the player to go to.”
Former India coach Shastri believes Dube could unlock big totals for India in the competition.
“His strike rate, which will be close to 200 most of the time, will help India immensely in going forward, getting those 190s, 200s that are needed in big competitions, especially like the [T20] World Cup.
“So enjoy it, watch out for this left-hander — he’s big, he’s strapping, and he hits a long ball.”
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