Spinner Harsh Dubey speaks about his maiden India call-up ahead of series against Afghanistan

Team India is all set to take on Afghanistan for a oneoff Test match and a threematch ODI series The series will kick off from June 6Ahead of the series spinner Harsh Dubey has earned a maiden callup for the national team The spinner stated that he would like to create his own identity rather than being called a replacement playerThis opportunity has helped me grow a lot as a player I am not looking to replace anyone I worked hard for this opportunity and my hard work is the reason why I am here today Instead of thinking too much about the future my focus is entirely on giving my best on any given day he saidHe then said that he doesnt want to pressurize himself and just wants to back his abilitiesRight now I am treating this international match just like any normal game I dont want to put too much pressure on myself I just want to back my abilities and keep doing what has always worked for me added DubeyThe 23yearold cricketer was a part of Sunrisers Hyderabads SRH squad in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League IPLRecently the Sunrisers suffered a defeat by 47 runs against the Rajasthan Royals RR at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh PCA Stadium in New Chandigarh Following the loss the Pat Cumminsled SRH exited from the tournamentIPL 2026 Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals Match SummaryWith an aim of chasing the target of 244 runs the Sunrisers were bowled out for 196 runs in 192 oversWicketkeeperbatsman Ishan Kishan scored 33 runs in 11 balls including three boundaries and the same number of maximums Nitish Kumar Reddy also registered 38 runs off 20 balls with the help of three boundaries and two maximumsImpact Player Salil Arora accumulated 35 runs in his knock of 21 balls He also smashed two boundaries and the same number of maximums Facing 24 balls Shivang Kumar also scored 27 runs which included three boundariesRajasthans Jofra Archer returned with the figures of three wickets for 58 runs in four overs Nandre Burger Ravindra Jadeja and Impact Player Sushant Mishra bagged two wickets each Yash Punja also claimed one wicket Brijesh Sharma went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against HyderabadHaving been put to bat first RRs opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 29 runs in 29 balls including four boundaries Fellow opening batsman Vaibhav Sooryavanshi garnered 97 runs off just 29 deliveries laced with five boundaries and 12 maximumsWicketkeeperbatsman Dhruv Jurel smashed 50 runs in 21 balls with the help of five boundaries and three maximumsLater captain Riyan Parag departed after scoring 26 runs in 12 balls which included two boundaries and the same number of maximums Dasun Shanaka was also dismissed on five runs in three balls including a boundary Donovan Ferreira registered 12 runs in nine balls including a boundary Facing five balls Jofra Archer accumulated four runs which included a boundary and Nandre Burger was dismissed for one run in one ball Ravindra Jadeja and Impact Player Sushant Mishra stayed unbeaten Facing nine balls Jadeja registered 12 runs including a boundary whereas Mishra scored one run in three balls With this the Royals posted a total of 243 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs against the Orange ArmyHyderabads Praful Hinge returned with the figures of three wickets for 54 runs in four overs Eshan Malinga Shivang Kumar and Nitish Kumar Reddy chipped in with one wicket each Skipper Pat Cummins and Sakib Hussain went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against RajasthanWith PTI Inputs