Sitting among thousands of fans in the train, still couldn’t recognize anyone, this is how Shivam Dubey reached home after winning the World Cup

Shivam Dube train journey: Just hours after ‘Dube, Dube’ cheers echoed from millions of people at the Narendra Modi Stadium, T20 World Cup lifter Shivam Dube took a train to return to Mumbai. This ‘Final Action Hero’ of Indian cricket was sitting silently covered with a sheet on the upper berth of 3rd AC coach of Ahmedabad-Mumbai Sayaji Express.

Late on Sunday night, when he hit three fours and two sixes in the 20th over of the Indian innings, he made the team cross the 250 mark. But on Monday morning all the flights were full. ‘Always in a hurry’ Dubey decided to catch the train with his wife Anjum and a friend. He knew there was a risk of being identified, but it was important to be with his four-year-old son Ayaan and two-year-old daughter Mahvish. Didn’t get flight, so decided to take early morning train from Ahmedabad to Mumbai. Could have gone by road also, but train was faster, Dubey said.

anonymity scheme

He made a strategy to hide his identity during the journey. ‘I, my wife and a friend decided to take the train. 3rd AC tickets were available, so we booked them. Family and friends were worried, what if someone recognized me at the station or train?

Proper attire was also necessary for this hidden journey. ‘I wore a cap, mask and full-sleeve T-shirt. The train was at 5:10 in the morning, so it was expected that there would not be many people on the platform.

crowd and cleverness

But as soon as they reached, they realized that the fans were still celebrating India. A slight change had to be made in the plan. ‘I told my wife that I would wait in the car until five minutes before the train, then I would run and board the train.’

As soon as we boarded the coach, the ticket checker came. ‘Shivam Dubey? Who is it, cricketer?’ Anjum immediately replied, ‘No, no… where will that come from?’ And the ticket checker moved ahead.

great tournament trip

This tournament went as planned for Dubey. Coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Suryakumar Yadav had made his role clear. Batting in the last overs, he scored a total of 235 runs, with an average of 39 and strike rate of 169. In the final, he scored 26 runs in 8 balls and led the team to victory. He also had 17 sixes and 15 fours in his name in the tournament. I was told that when I bat, I should never let the run rate fall and there should be less runs while bowling.

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