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New Delhi: Shivam Dube has established himself as a regular in India’s T20 squad because of his impressive batting. Now, at 32, he is gradually gaining confidence with the ball as well and is prepared to take on the role of a genuine all-rounder. Over the past year, Dube has started taking on more bowling responsibility and in the previous match at Dharamsala, he picked up one wicket and conceded 21 runs from his three overs. Dube on taking bowling responsibility “I have worked a lot in the off-season on my fitness. And when I am with the Indian team, I have many conversations with Morne (Morkel). It helps me a lot,” Dube made the remark while speaking about his bowling on the eve of the fourth T20I against South Africa. “T20 is a game where you have to be smart. I was smart when I bowled, but I didn’t know when, how and what to apply. As soon as Gautam (Gambhir) and (skipper) Surya supported me and told me that I could do it, I put myself in that situation. I realised that I can bowl in challenging situations as well,” he added. Dube 

Players from the Australia and England cricket teams came together to pay their respects to the victims of the Bondi Beach tragedy in Sydney on the opening day of the third Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval on Wednesday, December 17. Both teams wore black armbands as a mark of mourning and observed a moment of silence before the start of play. Fifteen civilians were killed and dozens injured on Sunday at Bondi Beach after two men opened fire, targeting members of the Jewish community who were celebrating Hanukkah. The gesture from both teams served as a show of solidarity from the cricketing fraternity following the tragic events that unfolded in Sydney, which is also scheduled to host the fifth Test of the series.Earlier, Cricket Australia and the England and Wales Cricket Board released a joint statement condemning the terrorist attack and expressing their condolences to the affected families.