Prithvi Shaw withdraws from Mumbai squad: Prithvi Shaw has been compared to the great player and god of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar. Even the ICC (International Cricket Council) called him the “next Sachin Tendulkar” in a video. But Prithvi Shaw, who scored a goal in his first international match, also did not get a place in the Mumbai team. The reason is said to be fitness.
Prithvi Shaw has been dropped from the Mumbai squad for the upcoming Ranji Trophy match. He will be replaced by left-arm opener Akhil Herwadkar, who has the experience of 41 Ranji matches. Another big change is the squad announced by Mumbai. In fact, Tanush Kotian had already been selected in the India A team for Australia and he had to be dropped. Karsh Kothari, the 28-year-old left-arm spinner, takes his place.
The reason for Shaw’s absence was not mentioned in a Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) press release, but the 24-year-old opening batsman’s absence is being seen as a warning. Prithvi Shaw has had disciplinary issues.
“Cricbuzz” reports that by Sanjay Patil (Chairman), Ravi Thacker, Jitendra Thackeray, Kiran Powar The Mumbai selection committee consisting of Kiran Powar and Vikrant Yeligety felt that Shaw should be ruled out of at least one match. The report also suggested that the outside off could be a lesson for the opening batsman as he was out of sorts in the nets and in the practice session.
It turns out that this all happens because of being overweight…
According to reports, both Mumbai’s selectors and team management believe Shaw is overweight. We also discovered that he did not take net practices seriously and did not participate regularly. Other Indian players in the team, such as Shreyas Iyer, Shardul Thakur, and even captain Ajinkya Rahane are constantly training. According to a senior source in MCA, the selectors and team management, including captain and coach, took a unanimous decision to exclude Shaw from the team.
Became the best player in the first game
Shaw has played 5 Test matches, 6 ODI matches and one T20 international. In 2018, he scored a century in the first Test match against West Indies at Rajkot and was named Man of the Match. He has also been in the news for off-field issues. In the two games so far this season, Ranji has scored 7 and 12 runs (against Baroda) and 1 and 39 runs (against Maharashtra) respectively. In the two matches played so far this season, Mumbai have won one and lost one. Mumbai will take on Tripura at the MBB Stadium in Agartala from October 26 to 29.
Mumbai team: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Ayush Mhatre, Angakrish Raghuvanshi, Akhil Herwadkar, Shreyas Iyer, Siddhesh Lad, Suryansh Shedge, Hardik Tamore (wicketkeeper), Siddhant Addhatrao (wicketkeeper), Shams Mulani, Karsh Kothari, Himanshu Singh, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Awasthi , Mohd. Junaid Khan and Royston Dias.
