Prithvi Shaw, who was dropped from Mumbai’s squad for the first three matches of the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy, reacted to his omission on Tuesday evening. Questioning his absence from the team, Prithvi Shaw shared his List-A stats, sarcastically remarking that even with such good numbers, he is “not good enough.”
However, the 25-year-old also expressed confidence in returning and proving everyone wrong. Prithvi Shaw has played 65 List-A matches for Mumbai, scoring 3399 runs at an average of 55.7 and strike rate of 125.8.
In his List-A career, the right-handed Shaw has smashed 10 centuries and 14 half-centuries.
“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 me in still, cause I will come back for sure. OM SAI RAM,” Prithvi Shaw wrote on his Instagram Stories.
Things are just going from bad to worse for Prithvi Shaw. He was first dropped from Mumbai’s squad for the first phase of the Ranji Trophy. He then worked upon his fitness and was included in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy squad.
In the title-winning campaign for Mumbai, Shaw managed just 197 runs in 9 matches at an average of 21.88. His only impactful knock came against Vidarbha in the quarterfinal.
However, he once again failed in the tournament’s final stages, registering scores of 8 and 10 in the last two matches against Baroda and Madhya Pradesh.
Prithvi Shaw also went unsold in the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction despite being presented twice. His base price was set at INR 75 lakh.
‘Dropped him due to indiscipline’
Former Delhi Capitals assistant coach Pravin Amre recently spoke to the Times of India about his experience of working with Shaw.
“I was there in the management when we backed him, but I was also there in the decision-making group, which dropped him due to indiscipline…I hope he takes this IPL auction snub positively. It’s an eye-opener for him,” Amre had said after Shaw went unsold.
In IPL 2024, Shaw scored just 198 runs at an average of 24.75, with a lone fifty. He also spent six games on the bench.
After winning the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Shreyas Iyer also gave his take on Prithvi Shaw’s form, saying no one can babysit anyone as all are thorough professionals.
“We can’t babysit anyone, right? Every professional who is playing at this level, they need to know what they should be doing. And he has also done it in the past. It’s not that he hasn’t. He has to focus. He has to sit back, put a thinking cap on and then figure out himself. He will get the answer. No one can force him to do anything,” said Shreyas.
Prithvi Shaw has played 5 Tests, 6 ODIs and 1 T20I for India, scoring 528 runs across all formats. His last game for India came in July 2021, as he played a T20I against Sri Lanka.