Prithvi Shaw Delhi Capitals: The Delhi Capitals team, captained by Rishabh Pant, has played one match so far in this year’s IPL. Today the team’s second match is against Rajasthan Royals. Prithvi Shaw, one of the star players of the team, has not got a place in the first two matches. It seems that Delhi Capitals has decided that the team will go with David Warner and Mitchell Marsh as openers. Meanwhile, the team’s cricket director Sourav Ganguly has given a big statement regarding Prithvi Shaw. This explains why Shaw has not yet found a place in the playing eleven for the first two matches.
David Warner and Mitchell Marsh are opening for DC
Delhi Capitals has expressed confidence in Australian veteran openers David Warner and Mitchell Marsh in the first two matches of IPL 2024. Whereas Prithvi Shaw has been sidelined. The problem with Prithvi Shaw is that he is such a batsman who can play only in the opening, he does not have much experience in the middle order. In such a situation, if that place gets filled then it becomes difficult to make his place in the playing eleven. This is the same Prithvi Shaw, whom the team has already retained and he has been playing for Delhi for the last several years. Despite being an Indian player, he is not getting a place in the playing eleven even though he is an international player.
Sourav Ganguly spoke on Prithvi Shaw
Meanwhile, Sourav Ganguly has said that Prithvi Shaw is an opening batsman and the team has decided to open with Mitchell Marsh and David Warner. Ganguly said that Ricky Bhui is a middle order batsman. Therefore, they bat at different places. He said that Warner and Marsh have opened for Australia and performed well. So, we have decided to do so. Ganguly said that we did not get much information about Prithvi Shaw in the camp. He remained injured for a long time. He then went to England for county in Northamptonshire, where he played well before suffering a knee ligament injury. We couldn’t find them until February. After coming back to fitness, he played Ranji Trophy.
Both could not meet
Sourav Ganguly said just before the match against Rajasthan Royals that Delhi Capitals had organized a four-day training camp. After this Shaw was declared fit and he went to play Ranji Trophy. You cannot remove anyone from Ranji Trophy and put him in the IPL camp and then Mumbai wins the tournament. He played till the last day of the tournament. He played till the 14th and then joined the camp. Ganguly said that I did not get Prithvi.
Prithvi Shaw’s performance was like this in IPL 2023
If we talk about Prithvi Shaw’s performance last year i.e. IPL 2023, he could not play the entire match of his team. Delhi Capitals team could not go to the playoffs, but even after this the team played 14 league matches. Out of these, Prithvi Shaw was seen in the playing eleven of only 8 matches. In this he scored only 106 runs. His strike rate was 124.7 and he batted at an average of 13.25. In this, only one half-century was registered in his name. That is, it would not be a big deal to say that they were a complete failure. Till now he has missed two matches of this year, but it is difficult to say whether he will get a place in the playing eleven in the coming time. It remains to be seen what the DC management decides.
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