IPL 2024 Auction: Who is Shubham Dubey? Uncapped player who was brought for Rs 5.80 crore by Rajasthan Royals

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IPL 2024 Auction: Shubham Dubey made headlines on Tuesday, December 19 after being sold to Rajasthan Royals (RR) for Rs 5.80 crore in the IPL auction 2024.

Shubham Dubey fetched more bucks than the likes of Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Chetan Sakariya, KS Bharat and Jaydev Unadkat. The mind-boggling figures of Rs 5.80 crore for an uncapped player created a major stir. Fans quickly move to search engine Google to collect information about the cricketer.

IPL 2024 Auction: Who is Shubham Dubey?

Shubham Dubey is a middle-order batter who plays for Vidarbha in the domestic circuit. He made his domestic cricket debut just two years in 2021 when Vidarbha took on Manipur in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match.

The 29-year-old southpaw batter made his List A debut as late as 2023. He is yet to make a first-class match for Vidarbha. The eight List A matches have seen him score 159 runs at an average of 31.80 and a strike rate of 90.34 .

The 20 T20 matches have seen him score 485 runs at an average of 37.30 and a staggering strike rate of 145.20. He has hit one fifty in the format. Shubham Dubey scored 221 runs in seven matches at an average of 73.66 and a strike rate of 187.28 in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2023.