- Advertisement -
Prithvi Shaw has been dealt one more blow. The star batter, who was as soon as thought of the following large factor in Indian cricket, has not been included in Mumbai’s crew for the Vijay Hazare Trophy – the BCCI’s premier home competitors for one-dayers. Shaw not too long ago made headlines after going unsold within the IPL 2025 public sale regardless of a base worth of Rs 75 lakh. He couldn’t carry out constantly within the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy too. He scored solely 10 within the last which Mumbai received.
Now, the most recent growth has dealt one other blow to Shaw’s profession. “Tell me God, what more do I have to see..if 65 innings, 3399 runs at an average of 55.7 with a strike rate of 126, I’m not good enough…but I will keep my faith in you and hopefully people believe in me still..cause I will come back for sure..OM SAI RAM,” Shaw wrote on his Instagram story.
Prithvi Shaw’s fall from prodigy to prodigal has been swift and seemingly irreversible, however Shreyas Iyer feels the Mumbai batter can contact the deserved heights if he “gets his work ethics right.” Shaw gave glimpses of his immense expertise within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, which Mumbai bagged below Shreyas, whereas making 197 runs over 9 matches however he couldn’t even make a fifty.
“I think personally he is a God gifted player. The amount of talent he possesses as an individual, no one has it. It’s just that he needs to improve his work ethics,” mentioned Iyer after Mumbai’s 5-wicket win over Madhya Pradesh right here within the SMAT last.
“He needs to get his work ethics right. And if he does that, sky’s the limit for him,” he mentioned.
Nevertheless, Iyer mentioned the need to embrace redemption ought to stem inside Shaw himself.
“We can’t babysit anyone, right? He has played so much of cricket. Everyone has given him inputs. At the end of the day, it’s his job to figure out things for himself. And he has also done it in the past. It’s not that he hasn’t,” he mentioned.
Detailing his level, Iyer mentioned: “He has to focus. He has to sit back, put a thinking cap on. He will get the answer by himself. No one can force him to do anything.”
With PTI inputs
Subjects talked about on this article
- Advertisement -