IPL 2021: Rajasthan Royals wanted my half-century, says Shivam Dube

Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Shivam Dube mentioned his innings towards Chennai Tremendous Kings on Saturday was once “a lot wanted” no longer just for him but additionally for his group.

Dube’s unbeaten 64 helped Royals beat Tremendous Kings through seven wickets in Abu Dhabi.

“Clearly, this knock was once a lot wanted for me in addition to my group at this second. And this knock is completely for my group.

“As a result of we’re on No. 7 presently and we want to qualify and if we play actually smartly (in) the opposite two suits, we gonna qualify, so it was once essential…,” Dube mentioned at a press convention.

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Yashasvi Jaiswal timed the ball superbly whilst Shivam Dube deflated the opposition with brute energy because the Royals saved their playoff hopes alive.

Jasiwal smashed 50 off 21 balls, an innings which incorporated some delectable sixes off celebrity Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood, whilst Dube despatched the likes of Moeen Ali and Ravindra Jadeja into orbit all over his innings.

“And speaking about (being) benched, yeah, it’s concerning the group, what aggregate the group is going on, it’s at the coaches and the toughen group of workers and the captain and I used to be looking ahead to my likelihood and I were given the danger and I carried out smartly,” the hard-hitting southpaw famous.

Courtesy its victory, Rajasthan has jumped to the 6th spot.

Dube additionally lavished reward on his Mumbai team-mate and the supremely gifted Jaiswal.

“Clearly, any group wishes a excellent get started and Yashasvi and (Evin) Lewis had been superb, specifically Yashasvi was once batting like one thing other lately and we would have liked that get started and we had it and we completed the fit so early,” mentioned Dube.

Requested why he didn’t bowl, Dube quipped, “I believe you want to invite Sanju (Sanju Samson) for this, I’m really not the suitable particular person to offer the solution (laughs).”

“I believe we had 5 bowlers and Sanju was once rotating them really well, so didn’t had (have) any house to bowl lately,” the left-hand batsman added.

Tremendous Kings head trainer Stephen Fleming had phrases of reward for younger opener Ruturaj Gaikwad, who slammed an unbeaten 101, his maiden IPL hundred.

“It was once a powerful innings and it’s not incessantly that you’ve a centurion in (on) your aspect and you come back away with a loss. However the group celebrated a person efficiency, it was once of top magnificence and some other continuation of the younger guy’s adventure,” mentioned Fleming.

“Our expectancies have at all times been very top (and) the others have simply began to understand why we’ve such top regard for him (Ruturaj) however his efficiency lately was once magnificent, so we’re pleased with him and happy together with his development and the way in which he’s taking part in is phenomenal,” Fleming added.