Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all-rounder Shivam Dube, who made a swashbuckling unbeaten 95 to help his side record a maiden win of the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL), said his confidence is high and he is "trying to play his natural game".
Riding high on Dube's unbeaten 95 off 46 and Robin Uthappa's 88 off 50 along with brilliant bowling from Maheesh Theekshana (4/33) and Ravindra Jadeja (3/39), CSK registered their first win in the 2022 IPL after suffering four successive losses.
"The management has given me security and I always back my game. The ball I feel I can hit, I am hitting that delivery. And since I am connecting well, my confidence is high. I am just trying to play my natural game," Dube said in the post-match press conference on Tuesday.
He further added that he is trying to follow the basics, stay balanced and not think too much.
"Whatever I was trying to do for a long time, I am now able to execute that now. Whatever game I was playing at the Ranji Trophy and domestic cricket, you have to up that level here. I tried to stay balanced, not think much, and back myself. I am following my basic game, rather than doing anything extra," he said.
The left-hander was adjudged as the Player of the Match for his scintillating knock, which he dedicate to his father and said: "This is for him." (UNI)
