At present, nothing seems to be going right for young opener Prithvi Shaw, who is out of the Indian cricket team. Shaw has also been dropped from Mumbai's Ranji Trophy team.
At present, nothing seems to be going right for opener Prithvi Shaw, who is out of the Indian cricket team. Shaw, who is trying to make a comeback in the Indian team, has suffered a major setback as the Mumbai selection committee has dropped the opening batsman from the next Ranji Trophy match due to poor fitness. Mumbai has to go to Agartala to play against Tripura from October 26 to 29 but Shaw will not be a part of the team for this match.
According to the Indian Express, the selectors have asked Prithvi Shaw to follow a fitness program prepared by Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) trainers for two weeks. Prithvi Shaw has so far scored 7,12, 1 and 39 runs in four innings in two Ranji Trophy matches respectively. The team management has informed the MCA that Prithvi Shaw has 35 percent body fat and needs rigorous training before coming back to the team.
“He has been dropped and needs to get back to training and lose some body weight for selection,” an MCA official said.
Meanwhile, Ajinkya Rahane will lead the Mumbai team, while Shreyas Iyer and Shardul Thakur will be part of the squad for the match against Tripura. Suryakumar Yadav has informed MCA that he will not be available for the match due to personal reasons and his request has been accepted but it will be interesting to see how fit Prithvi Shaw is able to keep himself in the next two weeks because if he is not available for domestic cricket. Even if he doesn't play, his return to the Indian team is going to be very difficult.
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