NEW DELHI: The camaraderie among Team India players often extends off the field, reflecting a bond that goes beyond the cricket pitch. In a video that recently went viral on social media, pacer Arshdeep Singh was seen teasing Shivam Dube as he boarded the team bus.

As Dube stepped onto the bus, Arshdeep tickled his funny bone, joking, "Dube late lateef, maru chakke aaun late, khana khaun bhar pet." The comment was made in reference to Dube's sensational innings studded with seven towering sixes against New Zealand in the fourth T20I in Vizag.

The video later showed Ravi Bishnoi in the hotel room, teasing Dube about eating enough paneer for an entire village.

Dube smashed 23-ball 65 including a 15-ball fifty in India's steep chase of 216, but the hosts eventually finished at 165 all out as the Kiwis reduced the margin to 3-1 in the five-match series.

The India all-rounder attributed the upgrade to an improved "mindset" that made him a "smarter" cricketer.

Of course, Dube's 29-run barrage against leg-spinner Ish Sodhi will hog the limelight, but equally important were the three sixes he fetched against pacers Jacob Duffy and Matt Henry.

"It's just the hard work which I'm doing. I'm getting better with my mindset because I'm playing all those matches and batting in that situation. So, I know what's going to happen, what are the main things which a bowler is going to come to me," Dube said in the post-match press conference.