Prithvi Shaw asked to lose weight before making comeback to Indian team: Report
Cricket | May 08, 2021 17:23 ISTEarlier, wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant was also told to lose a bit of weight and work on his keeping.
Earlier, wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant was also told to lose a bit of weight and work on his keeping.
The Indian team is scheduled to play the World Test Championship final against New Zealand at Southampton from June 18-22 before taking on England in a five-Test series.
The IPL 2021 just about provided enough - having reached the half-wark mark in the league stage with 29 completed games - to learn how India's T20 World Cup hopefuls fared in the competitions.
The former Indian spinner further noted that more than his batting technique, Shaw has worked on his mental strength which has worked wonders for the Mumbai-born batsman.
The right-handed opener took 25 runs (including one wide) off the first over from Mavi, hitting the six legitimate balls to boundary.
Opener Prithvi Shaw smashed six fours in the first over in a stunning batting display on his way to a blistering 82 as Delhi Capitals crushed Kolkata Knight Riders by seven wickets.
Prithvi Shaw smashed six fours in the first over in a stunning batting display on his way to a blistering 82 as Delhi Capitals crushed Kolkata Knight Riders by seven wickets.
Chasing 155 for a win, Shaw sent all the six legal deliveries from opening bowler Shivam Mavi to the boundary, driving, punching and sweeping at will.
Mavi started off with a wide but ended up conceding fours on the next six legal deliveries against Shaw.
The 21-year-old on Saturday blasted his way to a 38-ball 72-run innings as Delhi Capitals chased down a winning target of 189 against CSK with more than an over to spare.
Shaw (72 off 38 balls) and Dhawan (85 off 54 balls) put on a 138-run opening-wicket partnership in 13.3 overs that saw their side make a mockery of the challenging 189-run target set by CSK. DC chased the target in 18.4 overs.
In India TV's 'Cricket Dhamaka', the experts lauded DC's opening duo on its batting approach, and spoke significantly on Shaw's enormous improvement over the past few months.
Chennai lost their openers by the start of the third over with just seven runs on board. Moeen and Raina walked in next, adding 26 runs more in the remaining 23 balls of the PowerPlay before the two teed off hitting boundaries.
Prithvi Shaw smashed a hapless Chennai Super Kings attack into submission with a brilliant 72 off 38 balls as Delhi Capitals romped home by seven wickets in an IPL match on Saturday.
The former Australian skipper has been working with the 21-year-old for the past two seasons in the Delhi Capitals camp.
Laxman said that Shaw should be part of the current Indian ODI setup but is at the moment below the pecking order as team selectors have backed performers in the team.
Skipper Prithvi Shaw's marauding 73 off 39 balls followed by former skipper Aditya Tare's unbeaten hundred guided Mumbai to their most deserving Vijay Hazare title triumph with a crushing six-wicket victory over Uttar Pradesh in one of the most lopsided final on Sunday. Prithvi created a national record in Mumbai's Vijay Hazare triumph, ending with 827 runs in the tournament.
The former India U-19 captain after a disastrous Adelaide Test was benched for the next three and then dropped from the national team for the England series.
This is Mumbai's fourth Hazare title and the one to remember for Shaw (827 runs), who now holds the record for the highest runs scored in a single edition of this competition.
Shaw achieved the feat en route to his 73-run knock against Uttar Pradesh in the summit clash of the 2021 season at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
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