Shubham Dubey is a left-hand batsman, who plays in the middle order that is normally either five or six. He has also played T20 cricket as a finisher where one must be able to make quick runs on good bowling on the final several overs. Through his domestic T20 strike rates that have never been below 180 he has the right person to play this role. Right-arm off-break is also a value added and he is a complete all-round player. This has provided him with a competitive edge in managing the team in the limited-overs cricket due to his flexibility with handling the ball.
Shubham Dubey: Profile
Shubham Dubey is an Indian all-rounder cricketer who took the role of a left-handed, middle-order batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler, specialising in T20 finishing. he was Born on 27 August 1994, Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India, and he has the Indian nationality. His zodiac sign is Virgo. Dubey became famous following a achievements of an explosive 2023-24 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy campaign by Vidarbha, where he not only became a 221-run smasher in 7 games at 187.28 strike rate, but also scored 58 out of 20 balls in a match with Bengal. His performance made Rajasthan Royals bid 5.8 crore to get him in the IPL 2024 auction.
Shubham Dubey Age, height and Physique Stats
Shubham was born on 27 August 1994, and he is aged 31 years and 6 months old as at March 2026. When it comes to height, he is 5 ft 10 inches or 178 cm or 1.78 metres. He has a weight of about 70 kilograms and this translates into about 154 pounds. His body shape is a mesomorphic and athletic one, being lean and muscular, and this provides him with the explosive batting that he uses. His chest is some 40 inches (101 cm), around the waist goes 32 inches (81 cm), and his biceps are about 13 inches (33 cm). His eyes are dark brown, his hair is black and his skin is wheatish.
Family Members and Profession
Shubham was born on 27 August 1994 at Yavatmal district of Vidarbha of Maharashtra in India. His family background is an average Hindu family. His earlier life was in Yavatmal and at Nagpur is where his family relocated and he spent his childhood and formed his interest in cricket. His father had to support the family with a small shop of paan (betel leaf) business and he used to work in Badri Prasad Dubey and his wife had a small paan (betel leaf) shop in Kamal Square, Nagpur. His mother is a homemaker Jayshree Dubey. He is the only elder brother who is working in a privatized company. The house did not have such a high economic situation and purchase of the cricket equipment was not that simple, which the family could afford.
Early life and Struggles
The life of Shubham was centered on cricket ever since he was at a young age despite the fact that there were not so many resources available to him. He started by playing gully cricket on the streets of his neighbourhood and then he started on tennis-ball games. Turning point of his career was that Nagpur based advocate Sujit Jaiswal realized his talent in the field of cricket. Jaiswal is the founder of the Advocate XI of cricketing club which is an institution employed to identify and sponsor cricketers who are financially bound.
He provided Shubham with cricket equipment, training center and competitive tourism as well – costs that could not be funded by Dubey family alone. This has assisted Shubham to compete in Under-19 and Under-23 events that have accelerated his development. Sujit Jaiswal passed away in 2021. After the death of his mentor, Aniruddha Chore, who was a former wicketkeeper of Vidarbha, adopted Shubham and took him to Times Shield Tournament in Mumbai a corporate tournament in cricket and Shubham received about 10,000 per month as he competed against the experienced players and practised his finishing.
Shubham Dubey Wife and Personal Life
Shubham Dubey is single as of 2026. He never tells his personal life and no love affair was disclosed by him publicly. He is also attached to his family, more so his mother and his elder brother and they have supported him the years of financial struggle prior to his IPL breakthrough. The only personal experience that Shubham has narrated is how she was fired at an early age when she was a child at matches, and how she shed tears in front of everyone. His grand mother would say that he should forget his feelings and train his batting skills. The same advice helped in shaping the composed nature that he applies towards the scenes of the extreme pressure during matches today.
Shubham Dubey Domestic Career
DPL Performances
| Category | Matches | Runs | Avg/SR | HS | 50s | 6s |
| T20 Domestic | 80+ | 1,800+ | 155 SR | 78* | 10 | 90+ |
| IPL | 22 | 245 | 162 SR | 34* | 0 | 15 |
| List A | 30 | 800+ | 110 SR | 95 | 5 | – |
| First-Class | 25 | 1,200 | 32 Avg | 112 | 6 | – |
- Shubham made his Twenty20 On 8 November 2021 and scored 20 points in a match between Manipur and Vidarbha in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Mangalagiri.
- He made his first List A debut on 23 November 2023, on the Vijay Hazare Trophy, versus Meghalaya in Jaipur, where he made 16 off 19 balls.
- He debuted his first-class on 5 January 2024, in Ranji Trophy match of Vidarbha vs. Services, Nagpur where he had 32 points in 5 matches (taking 5 inns).
- His career breakout was in the 2023-24 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
- He was the second highest run-scorer being a middle-order finisher and the Vidarbha team with 221 runs in 7 games having an average of 73.66 and a strike rate of 187.28 to reach the quarter-final.
- The best performance was his innings against Bengal 58 not out using only 20 balls with a strike rate of 290 that enabled Vidarbha to pursue 213 runs with only 13 balls available to pursue it. The knock received praise among the former India cricketer Robin Uthappa who declared that he was a local talent worth following.
- He still was in fine shape in the 2024-25 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy by making 52 not out in 31 balls and 43 not out in 19 balls against Chhattisgarh and Mumbai respectively in the quarter-final.
- He finished that edition with 134 strikes of 67 average with 181.08 strike rate. He has made 36 domestic T20 appearances in his history with a cumulative 711 run including two half-centuries.
- He has also played 17 List A games and has made 242 runs, including one half-century. He represented 3 matches in the first-class cricket and had 75 runs.
Shubham Dubey IPL Career (Team – Rajasthan Royals)
He went to the IPL 2024 auction with a starting bid of 20 lakh. Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals show much interest in him and Delhi withdraws later. Rajasthan Royals bid him 5.8 crore – about 29 times his base price – and became the second highest uncapped Indian-born player in the IPL 2024 auction.
Bidding was launched through Delhi Capitals at his base price and after that the two franchises had a prolonged back and forth, which established Shubham on the national map of cricket. The auction was a sentimental affair of Shubham. He publicly mentioned that acquiring a house to house his family was among his priority after the deal, which depicts the years of his father who was in charge of the household by managing a paan shop.
He also participated in 4 games in IPL 2024 and made 33 runs during 3 innings. His destructive batting potential was seen despite the limited opportunities. Indeed, Rajasthan Royals bough him back in to IPL 2025 at [?]80 lakh, which is a clear indicator of its belief in him as a death-overs finisher. He has been trained and developed under the care of Kumar Sangakkara – former captain and team director of Sri Lanka and current director of Cricket and Head Coach of Rajasthan Royals which Shubham additionally identifies as his own idol. His best IPL record is 34 not out.
Shubham Dubey Net Worth and Earnings
Shubham earned averagely prior to his IPL break through. During his corporate cricket appearance in Time Shield Tournament, he made about 10, 000 per month. His finances were in a different place after the 2024 auction at IPL. He is estimated to have a net worth of approximately 6-7 crore with his IPL deals and fee charged to the domestic matches being the biggest contributors to his revenue as of 2025 through the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI).
Social Media Presence
Shubham is available on two social media sites, which include Instagram and Twitter/ X where he regularly updates the users about his career, training programs, and personal success in his career in cricket. The following on social media shot up with IPL 2024 auction as his story of how he began as a son of a paan shopkeeper and ended up as a multi-crore professional in the IPL sport went viral on Indian sports media.
He uses his platforms to primarily access his fans and meet his Nagpur and Vidarbha fans. There is no discussion of his social or romantic life on the social media, as it is very confidential. He has an Instagram account by the name shubhamdubey27 and a Twitter /X account in which he is a verified cricketer.
