CSK bid brings double delight to Dube
The Hindu
The Mumbai all-rounder was blessed with a baby boy earlier in the week
Irrespective of the team that went for him in the Indian Premier League Player Auction on Sunday, Shivam Dube knew that Sunday was going to be a double delight. After all, earlier in the week, on Wednesday, the Mumbai all-rounder was blessed with a baby boy, Ayaan.
“It happened on Wednesday but we waited for both of them to be discharged from the hospital to put it out on social media, so it was construed as if it happened the same day,” Dube told The Hindu from Ahmedabad on Monday, the last day of his quarantine before Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy opener later in the week.
Despite fetching his lowest price tag so far of ₹4 crore (he was signed for ₹5 crore in 2019 and ₹4.40 crore in 2021), Dube was thrilled to be joining the Chennai Super Kings stables. “I am at a stage of my career where, thanks to the experience with Royal Challengers Bangalore (in 2019 and 2020) and Rajasthan Royals (in 2021), I have matured as an IPL crickter,” said Dube, who last played for India in 2020.