Praising Prithvi Shaw’s talent, former England batsman Kevin Pietersen said that he should focus his energy on getting fit and should stay away from social media if he wants to taste success once again. Shaw scored a Test century while debuting as a teenager. At the age of 25, he is at the crossroads of his career as no Indian Premier League franchise was showing interest in buying him even at the low base price of Rs 75 lakh.
Many people, including former India ODI specialist Mohammad Kaif, feel that his off-field personality has definitely affected his on-field game. “There are some great comeback stories in the game,” Pietersen wrote on Will ask him to train. This will bring him back on the right track where he is very talented.
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If Prithvi Shaw has decent people around him who care about his long term success, they’d sit him down, tell him to get off social media & train his absolute backside off in getting super fit. It’ll get him back into the…— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) December 3, 2024
Recently, Shaw was dropped from the Mumbai Ranji team due to being overweight and unfit. He returned in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament but has not been able to do anything special yet. On Tuesday, Prithvi Shaw had a chance to prove himself and silence his critics, but the batsman flopped and could not even open his account against service. Services had won the toss and decided to bowl and Shaw, who came to open the innings for Mumbai, could face only three balls and could not even open the account. Shaw has returned to the pavilion for the second time in the current season without opening an account.
Lack of discipline and fitness issue are two important reasons being given for this bad phase of Prithvi Shaw. However, Shaw’s childhood coach Santosh Pingutkar is extremely disappointed to see such a bad phase in the career of the talented cricketer. He told ETV Bharat, “He is only 25 years old. He still has time in his hands. If he wants to stay in competitive cricket, he can make a comeback with hard work.” “He is only 25 years old. He still has time left in his hands. If he wants to stay in competitive cricket, he can make a comeback with hard work.”
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