Who Is Shubham Dubey? Rajasthan Royals 'Regular' Impact Sub For IPL 2025

Aakash Saini

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Shubham Dubey found his way back into the Rajasthan Royals set-up for the IPL 2025 season after bagging a lucrative deal at the mega auction last year. The cricketer also turned up for the Royals back in 2024, marking his IPL debut in the process, before getting released by the franchise.

Nonetheless, Dubey is turning out to be one of the primary choices as an ‘Impact Sub’ for the Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2025. After replacing senior man Sanju Samson in match number six of the season at the Baraspara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, here is a brief look at his career so far.

Who is Shubham Dubey?

Born in August 1994 in Yavatmal, Shubham Dubey shot himself to prominence with a couple of stellar Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy seasons for Vidarbha. The cricketer also bagged an astonishing Rs. 5.8 crore deal by the Rajasthan Royals franchise ahead of the IPL 2024 event.

Shubham Dubey made his competitive debut back in November 2021 during the 2021 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy season for the Vidarbha cricket team. To date, he has featured in 31 T20 matches, 17 List A games and three first-class fixtures.

Yet to make his mark in red-ball cricket, Dubey seems to thrive in colored clothing with the bat. He clubbed 221 runs in the 2023-24 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy season at an average of 73.66 and a strike rate of 187.28.

The following year, he smashed another 134 runs, doing so at an average of 67 and a strike rate of 180. Overall, in his T20 career, Dubey has charted two sizzling half-centuries, and has tallied 686 runs in 27 innings.

Shubham Dubey IPL

Shubham Dubey has played six IPL matches, all for the Rajasthan Royals, since his 2024 debut up until the opening week of the 2025 season. Justifying his reputation and a hefty price tag, the blistering middle-order batter is holding a clobbering strike rate of 223.33 in the tournament so far.

He was also nominated as one of the 'Impact Sub' choices by the Rajasthan Royals management earlier in IPL 2025.