“Can’t Bat Like Cheteshwar Pujara, He Can’t…”: Prithvi Shaw Takes Shot At Critics | Cricket News

After a vivid begin to his profession, Prithvi Shaw has now slipped down the pecking order within the Indian staff however the Mumbai teen on Saturday mentioned he’s banking on his pure “aggressive” recreation to attain runs and earn his place again within the nationwide facet. Shaw final appeared for India in a T20I match towards Sri Lanka at Colombo in July 2021. “Personally, I really feel I haven’t got to vary my recreation, however just a little smarter than what I’m. I am unable to bat like Pujara sir bats or Pujara sir cannot bat like me.

“So, what I’m attempting to do are these issues which have introduced me right here until, for instance, the aggressive batting, I do not like to vary that,” mentioned Shaw after West Zone’s Duleep Trophy semifinal towards Central Zone at Alur.

Shaw mentioned he was trying to play as many video games as potential at this stage of his profession.

The 23-year-old mentioned each run can be crucial for him in his endeavour to make a comeback.

“I feel whichever recreation for me proper now’s as essential as something. Even when I am taking part in Duleep Trophy or my Mumbai recreation, I really feel it is crucial for me to convey out my greatest,” mentioned Shaw.

Ideally, Shaw would have preferred to be amongst large runs within the Duleep Trophy semifinal however he couldn’t convert his 25 and 26 into impactful knocks.

Shaw admitted that the situations have been a bit powerful for the batters however laid out a plan to outlive and make runs.

“It isn’t which you can at all times be good however I attempt to work more durable after these sorts of issues occur (not getting runs). T20 is a little more slashing, however an identical mindset. Not the same means as in T20 with me when I’m taking part in purple ball cricket as nicely,” mentioned Shaw.

“What I ought to attempt is to play with bowlers, distract them, and power them to present the ball that you really want and never the ball that they wish to bowl,” he mentioned.

Nonetheless, Shaw discovered a ray of hope in his kind the earlier Ranji season. He had scored 595 runs from six matches for Mumbai at a mean of 59.50.

Now, Shaw desires to hold his kind in purple ball cricket to different codecs as nicely.

“Every little thing has been going good in purple ball cricket from final 12 months itself after I scored 370 (379 vs Assam). With white ball, particularly the IPL, I really feel all the things goes the alternative. You simply have 20 overs to consider batting. I converse to Sourav (Ganguly) sir, Ricky (Ponting) sir and Praveen (Amre) sir (in Delhi Capitals).

“However purple ball cricket is the place you get examined and reveals how succesful you might be to get into the larger stage,” Shaw signed off.

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