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Yuvraj-Hardik left behind, Shivam Dubey’s aggressive innings against Netherlands, created a unique record in T20 World Cup

By Samira Vishwas

Shivam Dube Record: The 36th match of T20 World Cup 2026 was played between India and Netherlands in Ahmedabad. In this match, Team India defeated Netherlands by 17 runs. With this, India registered its fourth consecutive win in this tournament. Batting first against Netherlands, the Indian team scored 193 runs losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Netherlands could score 176 runs in 20 overs.

All-rounder Shivam Dubey played an important role in India’s victory. By batting brilliantly against the Netherlands, he broke the records of India’s legendary players Yuvraj Singh and Rohit Sharma. Apart from this, he left fellow player Hardik Pandya behind. Let us know about this special record of Shivam Dubey.

At one time, Team India had lost 3 wickets after scoring 69 runs in 9 overs and the team seemed under pressure. In such a situation, Shivam Dubey came out to bat and as soon as he came, he started scoring runs in an aggressive manner. Dubey played a brilliant inning of 66 runs in just 31 balls and batted at a strike rate of 212.90, hitting 4 fours and 6 long sixes. Thanks to his innings, India could move towards a big score and create a strong position in the match. For this strong innings of Shivam Dubey, he was named ‘Player of the Match’. Was honored with the award.

Shivam Dubey left Yuvraj, Rohit and Hardik behind

With this inning, Shivam Dubey also made a big record in his name. Dubey has now become the Indian batsman who scored the highest score while batting at No. 5 or below in the T20 World Cup. Earlier this record was in the name of Hardik Pandya, who had scored 63 runs against England in the T20 World Cup 2022. The name of Yuvraj Singh is also included in this list, who played an inning of 58 runs against England in the T20 World Cup 2007. This innings of Dubey took him to the top of this special list.

Also read: India registered its fourth consecutive win in T20 World Cup 2026, defeating Netherlands by 17 runs in Ahmedabad.

Shivam Dubey is continuously batting well

Shivam Dubey has been proving useful for Team India for some time now. Whenever the team is in trouble, Dubey is successful in changing the course of the match by scoring quick runs. He also played important innings in the final of Asia Cup 2025 and the final of T20 World Cup 2024. Dubey had also made an important contribution of 27 runs in the last match against Pakistan. In recent times, he has also been contributing to the team through bowling, due to which he has become one of the trusted players of the captain and team management.

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