Indian batter Prithvi Shaw is currently undergoing a dry phase in international cricket. Shaw hasn’t been able to score runs with the bat and was also unsold in the Indian Premier League 2025 mega auction. The right-handed Mumbai batter was regarded among the most aspiring talents of Indian cricket. Prithvi Shaw captained the Indian team in the 2018 U19 World Cup. The latter also smashed a century on Test debut in the year 2018 and was among the significant run scorers for the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. However, from the past couple of years, he lost his touch with the bat after which he ended up being excluded from the team’s squad.
Shreyas Iyer’s Blunt Opinion On Prithvi Shaw’s Poor Form
Prithvi Shaw was part of the Mumbai squad which the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy after defeating Madhya Pradesh in the final. However, throughout the tournament, Shaw couldn’t score a single half-century. Mumbai captain Shreyas Iyer reflected on Prithvi Shaw’s talent and stated that he is a ‘god-gifted player’. Iyer added that Shaw needs to get his work ethics right which will help him to succeed. He said, “I think, personally, he is a God-gifted player. The amount of talent he possesses as an individual, no one has it. That’s true. It’s just that he needs to improve his work ethics.”
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“And I have said it before as well in many of the interviews. He needs to get his work ethics right. And if he does that, you know, sky is the limit for him. Can you force him to? I can’t force him. He has played so much of cricket. And everyone has given him inputs. At the end of the day, it’s his job to go out there and figure out things for himself”, Prithvi Shaw added.
Shreyas Iyer also stated that no one can ‘baby sit’ Prithvi Shaw and added that every player who is playing at the level must know what they should be doing. He said, “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.”
Mumbai ended up defeating Madhya Pradesh by a margin of five-wickets in the final of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 and won their second title of the tournament.
