Shivam Dube has got his chance in the India Squad for the ICC T20 World Cup. On the other hand, despite a strong IPL 2024 campaign, Rajat Patidar was overlooked. In USA and West Indies, were pitches are on the slower side, stats has shown that Patidar is well verse to play spin compared to Shivam Dube.
Shivam Dube – The Rampage Maestro
Shivam Dube has arguably been the best finisher in IPL 2024. He has single-handedly finished games for Chennai Super Kings. But there is a catch. Despite hitting 28 fours, and 28 sixes in IPL 2024, Dube has consistently struggled against spin. Used heavily as an impact player, Dube has slammed 389 runs in 13 innings with a decent average of 39.
But Dube has been good batting in the death overs. He has consistently bludgeoned the pacers, where he slammed 24 fours and 20 sixes. But against, spin the records are drastically poor.
Shivam Dube vs spinners in IPL 2024
| Innings | Runs | Balls | Outs | Avg | SR | 4s | 6s | Dot % |
| 10 | 83 | 50 | 4 | 20.8 | 166 | 4 | 8 | 42 |
Against spinners, Shivam Dube has managed to score 83 runs in 10 innings from 50 balls. Though he has a strike rate of 166, he has managed to slam just 4 fours and 8 sixes. A huge concern – a whooping 42% of dot balls eaten. The destructive southpaw has also been dismissed 4 times by spinners.
Classy Patidar effective vs spinners
On the flip side, Rajat Patidar has been highly effective against the spinners. For Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Patidar has amassed 320 runs in 13 innings. But a majority of 182 runs have come against spinners from just 81 deliveries.
Rajat Patidar has blasted his way against spinners hammering balls with a strike rate of 225. He has blasted 4 fours and 20 sixes to help his side finish games.
Rajat Patidar vs spinners in IPL 2024
| Innings | Runs | Balls | Outs | Avg | SR | 4s | 6s | Dot % |
| 10 | 182 | 81 | 2 | 91 | 224.7 | 5 | 20 | 22.2 |
Interestingly, Patidar has only been twice by spinners and has a minimal of dot ball percentage of 22%. This essentially proves that Rajat Patidar would have been the perfect fit in the ICC T20 World Cup compared to Shivam Dube.
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