Shubam Dubey’s life took a flip for the higher when Rajasthan Royals acquired him for Rs 5.60 crore within the latest IPL participant public sale, and that sunny second has washed away all these early turmoil within the Vidarbha man’s life. Dubey, an aggressive middle-order batter who impressed within the latest Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with a strike charge of 185, had seen his father taking over odd jobs like promoting paan to purchase a cricket package for him.

But now the wrestle is behind the household, and Dubey was understandably delighted.

“My family couldn’t afford to buy a cricket kit but my father still got me one. But they never forced me to do something else despite our struggling financial situation.

“My father is a modest man who took up odd jobs to assist the household, proper from working a paan stall to working as a lodge supervisor to entering into actual property,” Dubey said in a Royals media release.

Now, Dubey wanted to buy a house for his family.

“I’ve discovered my largest supporters in my household. My twin brother took care of the home financially with out letting the strain have an effect on me, my mother and father had been proper behind me. When I used to be injured and out of motion for some time, they saved me in a optimistic mind-set.

“I want to give them the comfort and happiness they deserve. So, I wish to first buy a house for the family,” added Dubey.

Meeting Vidarbha captain Faiz Fazal gave him a much-needed opening to higher-level cricket.

“One of my uncle’s friends suggested I should get enrolled in to ‘Advocate XI’ that trains talented young kids who can’t afford to pay fees. It was there that I first saw Fazal.

“His persona, the arrogance he carried and the best way everybody handled him with a lot respect made me really feel I needed to achieve that stage too. He’s additionally a left-handed batter. So, I may relate to him much more.” Dubey now wants to meet former Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara, the RR Director of Cricket and Head Coach.

“I’ve adopted Sanga sir’s journey until his retirement and he’s such a revered determine within the cricketing fraternity.

“He was also a lefty like me. So, just being around him will surely be a learning experience for me,” he mentioned.

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