Ahmedabad, Feb. 18 -- India's star all-rounder Shivam Dube, after his stellar performance against the Netherlands in the ongoing T20 World Cup, said the Ahmedabad pitch was tricky, low, skidding and even turning at times, so he had to balance pressure with patience.

Dube expressed confidence in his batting, saying that even after playing dot balls at the start, he trusted he could catch up later, focusing on rotating the strike before unleashing boundaries and sixes when the situation allowed.

A brilliant all-round performance from Dube and a fine spell from Varun Chakravarthy helped India end the group stage of the ICC T20 World Cup unbeaten, with a 17-run win over a valiant Netherlands at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on Wednesday...