Chennai: India bowling coach Bharat Arun strongly feels that Shivam Dube has all the ingredients to become a good all-rounder at the international level as he keeps gaining confidence with every international game that he plays.
Dube came into the limelight with his big-hitting prowess during an innings of 54 in 30 balls during the second T20 International against West Indies in Thiruvananthapuram. He hit four sixes in that innings apart from a good show with the ball in an earlier series against Bangladesh.
“He (Dube) is an exciting prospect and I think he is gaining in confidence from every game. Even you if look at the way he came back the way after he bowled the first over (in Mumbai) against West Indies, I think that was creditable. For Virat (Kohi), to show faith in him after the first over and also for him to bowl a good spell after that…
“And I think he is an exciting talent for us. As he gains in confidence, he will become a good all-rounder,” Arun told reporters ahead of the first ODI against West Indies here on Sunday.
He was all praise for seamer Deepak Chahar, who has done well in the recent T20 games, the Indian bowling coach said he has got everything in him to do well consistently at the international level.
“Deepak has been exceptional even in the IPL. He is someone who can move the ball both ways. He is also a very skillful bowler, bowling slow bouncers, yorkers, I think with so much skill on hand… let me put it this way, he has got everything in him to do well at the international level,” he added.
Wrist spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal hasn’t featured together in recent games unlike the last two years in the lead up to the World Cup. “See, we were looking at an ideal combination which lends absolute balance to the team. Also there was an option to use Ravindra Jadeja as an all-rounder. That really helped us,” he added. (PTI)
