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Prithvi Shaw: The Indian cricket team is in great form at the moment. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the team won the T20 World Cup 2024 title in June. After this, under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, the Indian team defeated Zimbabwe 4-1 in the 5-match T20 series on home ground. Now the Indian team is on a tour of Sri Lanka, for which the team has also been announced. But amidst all this, a question arises which is about opener Prithvi Shaw. At one time some fans and veterans had also compared this star player to Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, but now this 24-year-old star has disappeared somewhere.
Prithvi Shaw achieved success at a very young age. In the year 2013, he played an innings of more than 500 runs in a club match in Mumbai. Later, under his leadership, Team India won the Under-19 World Cup. He also reached Team India but kept going in and out. But now it seems that Prithvi Shaw is out of the Indian team forever. He played his last international match on 25 July 2021. This was also his T20 International debut match, that is, Prithvi Shaw has not got a place in the team for any format after playing his T20 International debut match.
In this debut T20 match played against Sri Lanka, Prithvi Shaw could not even open his account. He got out on the very first ball with a golden duck. Now once again the Indian team is on a tour of Sri Lanka. In such a situation, Prithvi Shaw's disappearance has become a topic of discussion.
Debut century, returned injured midway through Australia tour
Prithvi Shaw made his debut in the Rajkot Test against West Indies. In this match held in October 2018, Prithvi Shaw made a great start by scoring a century of 134 runs in the first innings, but the Australia tour of December 2020 proved to be his last. He played the first Test in which he was out for 0 runs in the first innings and 4 runs in the second innings.
Then after that Prithvi Shaw got injured and was out of the team. Since then he has not been able to make his place in the Test team. Although he played the ODI and T20 series in July 2021, but after that he was dropped from the entire team. However, then such news also came out that Prithvi Shaw's behavior in the dressing room was not good.
Then he failed the dope test and was banned
In 2019, Prithvi Shaw came into controversy when the BCCI banned him. His cough syrup contained some substance due to which he failed the doping test. Then the board banned him for 8 months.
Goa was stuck in the Corona period and lockdown
Lockdown was imposed during the Corona period in May 2021. Meanwhile, Prithvi Shaw felt like vacationing in Goa and he left for Goa via Kolhapur by car. Then he was also accused of violating the rules. Because he had gone without an e-pass.
The police stopped him in Amboli, Maharashtra. After this, Prithvi Shaw appealed to the officers to let him go, but they refused. After waiting for about an hour, Prithvi Shaw applied for e-pass through mobile, after which he was allowed to go to Goa.
Controversy with influencer Sapna Gill
The year 2023 did not start well for Prithvi Shaw. Then in a hotel in Mumbai, Prithvi Shaw got into a fight with social media influencer Sapna Gill and her friends. The situation reached to a fight. The video of which also went viral. A case was registered in this matter on behalf of Prithvi Shaw. In which a case was registered against 8 people. Sapna Gill was also arrested. This can be considered the biggest controversy of Prithvi Shaw's career.
Could not show strength even in domestic cricket and IPL
Amidst the controversies, Prithvi Shaw could not prove his best form on the field. Although he played good innings many times, this did not help him get entry into the team as some other young players were consistently performing better than him. Playing for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024, Prithvi Shaw scored only 198 runs in 8 matches at an average of 24.75. This was not enough to enter the Indian team. Shaw's performance in domestic cricket proved to be poor.