SRH Coach Daniel Vettori Heaps Praise On Harsh Dubey: 'We Were Desperate For...'

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Last Updated:May 26, 2025, 15:27 IST

SRH Coach Daniel Vettori has said that his squad was 'desperate' for the power that new-recruit Harsh Dubey has provided this year.

SRH's superb spinner Harsh Dubey (L) and Pat Cummins. (PC: Sportzpics)

Sunrisers Hyderabad caput manager Daniel Vettori praised left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey and expressed assurance successful his imaginable to go a palmy all-rounder successful the future.

After going unsold astatine the IPL mega auction earlier this year, Dubey, who was a breakout prima successful Vidarbha’s Ranji Trophy-winning campaign, was yet signed by SRH arsenic an wounded replacement.

He featured successful the past 3 games of the season, each of which SRH won, finishing sixth connected the points array with 13 points.

“Look, I deliberation we’re precise pleased with what he’s done since he’s travel into the team," the legendary Kiwi left-arm spinner said of Dubey, who finished the play with 5 wickets from 3 innings astatine an mean of 19.60.

“He’s evidently a precise clever bowler, understands conditions well, understands however helium needs to vessel and tin premix it up, and I accidental we were hopeless for that small spot of power and he’s been capable to bash that successful each 3 games that he’s played truthful far."

“The large happening for him is betwixt present and the adjacent IPL (is that) he’s going to play a batch of cricket, whether it’s for India A oregon his home team, there’s going to beryllium a immense magnitude of opportunities for him

Dubey was signed by SRH arsenic a replacement for Ravichandran Smaran and made his debut against Lucknow Super Giants, taking 1/44.

In the consequent lucifer against Royal Challengers Bangalore, helium dismissed Virat Kohli, who was 7 runs abbreviated of a fifty, with a transportation that bounced unexpectedly, deceiving the Indian batting star.

However, it was successful the last league lucifer of the play against Kolkata Knight Riders that Dubey delivered his champion performance.

He took the cardinal wickets of Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, and Ramandeep Singh arsenic SRH bowled retired KKR for 168, securing a broad 110-run victory.

The 22-year-old made headlines successful the erstwhile home season, breaking the Ranji Trophy grounds for astir wickets successful a azygous variation with 69 scalps, surpassing Ashutosh Aman’s tally of 68 successful 2018-19.

Dubey besides impressed with the bat, scoring 476 runs successful 10 matches with 5 half-centuries, proving his all-round credentials.

His accordant performances earned him a spot successful the India A squad for the upcoming circuit of England, wherever they volition play 2 first-class matches against the England Lions starting May 30.

(With PTI Inputs)

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