Batting at number 4, in his belligerent knock, Shivam Dube cracked 52 runs off 27 balls at a strike rate of 192. The lanky left-hander smashed 2 fours and 5 handsome, towering sixes. One of those sixes stunned everyone as it went 111 meters long, the second-biggest six of the IPL 2023 so far.
Faf du Plessis currently holds the record of the biggest/longest six of Indian Premier League 2023, measuring 115 meters which he hit to Ravi Bishnoi, and Dube is right behind with 111 meters sixer to RCB’s Pacer
Characteristically, Harshal bowled a slower, cutter ball at 119 KPH. Harshal wanted to bowl a dipping slower ball, but it became a full toss on a good height for Shivam who swung his bat with all his might and deposited the ball way deep into the Chinnaswamy stands.
You can see the video of Dube’s cracking sixer here.
Watch: Shivam Dube hits the biggest six of IPL 2023, measures 111 meters
After the wickets of Gaikwad and Rahane, Conway and Dube were involved in a massive partnership of 80 (37). This was key in CSK reaching a huge total of 226/6.
Meanwhile, earlier, Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to field first against CSK. RCB didn’t make any changes while for CSK, Pathirana comes in for the injured Magala.
Teams:
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Wayne Parnell, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mohammed Siraj
