Shubham Dubey is an Indian cricketer who plays for Vidarbha in domestic cricket. He made headlines in 2023 after being picked up by Rajasthan Royals for the 2024 IPL season.
Wiki/Biography
Shubham Dubey was born on Saturday, August 27, 1994 in Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India (29 years old; as of 2023). His zodiac sign is Virgo. His family later moved to Vaishali Nagar in Nagpur. He excelled academically and had been interested in playing cricket since his teenage years. He later became a professional cricketer.
Shubham Dubey in his early 20s
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′10″
Weight (approximately): 70kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: brown
Body Measurements (Approximately): Chest 42″, Waist 32″, Biceps 13″
family
Parents and siblings
His father, Badri Prasad Dubey, owned a betel nut shop in the Kamal Square area of Nagpur, which was later shut down. His mother Jayshree is a housewife. He has a brother who works in a private company.
Shubham Dubey (far left) and his family
wife
He is unmarried.
Relationships/Affairs
He is single.
religion
He believes in Hinduism.
Profession
domestic
As a teenager, Shubham started participating in local tennis tournaments and trained under the guidance of Rohit Kesarwar. His financial situation was not very good and it was difficult for him to continue playing the sport.
Shubham Dubey (far left) after winning the tennis tournament
Later he contacted an advocate named Sujit Jaiswal who used to run a cricket club called Advocate XI Cricket Club. Jaiswal provided Dubey with cricket gear and equipment like gloves and pads. Jaiswal also pays attention to his diet. Jaiswal passed away due to COVID-19 in 2021.
Shubham Dubey during training at Advocate XI Cricket Club
Dubey has played for the Under-19, Under-23 and ‘A’ level teams of Eleven Star Cricket Club in the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) league. When he started playing for the Vidarbha Under-23 team, he made up his mind to become a professional cricketer.
Shubham Dubey after winning cricket tournament
Later, he learned about the Times Shield tournament in Mumbai from former Vidarbha wicketkeeper Aniruddha Chore. He used to earn around Rs 10,000 per month and played in Mumbai for six months and participated in tennis tournaments in Nagpur and its adjoining areas for the remaining six months.
Shubham Dubey (far left) during the Times Shield tournament
Dube started working for the Royal Cricket Association Club after he heard about it from his cricketer friend Rohit Kaisalwar. Association Club) effectiveness. Shubham represented Rangrez Brush in the 2019 Arjun Aamdar Chashak Championship and 11 Warrior Dubai in the 2020 YSBS Gondia Championship. He represented VCA Team Green in the 2021 VCA T20 Championship.
Shubham Dubey competes in local tournament
In 2021, he started playing for Vidarbha in the domestic circuit and later played for them in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT). In the 2023 SMAT season, he scored 225 points in 7 games, with an average score of 73.76 and a shooting percentage of 187.28. Against Bangladesh, he scored 58 runs off 20 balls, including 3 fours and 6 sixes, scoring the joint-fastest fifty in Vidarbha.
Shubham Dubey (right) makes his debut for Vidarbha
league
Indian Premier League (IPL)
In the auction for the 2024 IPL season, he was acquired by Rajasthan Royals (RR) for Rs 5.8 crore, while his base price was Rs 20 lakh. After the auction, he expressed his happiness and expressed his wish to become a member of any IPL franchise; but he did not expect that it would be auctioned for such a huge price.
Rajasthan Royals’ Instagram post after acquiring Shubham Dubey for 2024 IPL season
jersey number
Shubham Dubey wears jersey number 27 for the local team.
Shubham Dubey jersey number 27
Facts/Trivia
- His batting style is left-handed and his bowling style is right-arm off-ball. He bats in the middle order.
Shubham Dubey’s left-handed batting stance
- He enjoys traveling to different cities and animal sanctuaries in his free time.
Shubham Dubey on a trip to the zoo
- Shubham had a very emotional response to cricket in his youth. If he had gone out early, he would have felt sad, and his grandmother realized this, later explaining the importance of working hard and not letting cricket affect your emotions.
Shubham Dubey and his grandmother
- He regularly goes to the gym to stay in shape.
Shubham Dubey while working out in the gym
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education