[Watch] Prithvi Shaw returns to form with 49 off 26 balls in SMAT 2024 quarterfinal vs Vidarbha
Mumbai batter Prithvi Shaw, who went unsold at the IPL 2025 auction, has returned to form with an impressive knock against Vidarbha in the 2024 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy quarterfinal in Bengaluru on Wednesday, December 11. He slammed 49 runs off just 26 balls with the help of four sixes and five boundaries.
The right-handed batter also shared a crucial 83-run partnership with Ajinkya Rahane to set up a 222-run chase.
Shaw’s blistering knock came after he registered scores of 33, 0, 23, 40, 0, 34 in the T20 tournament. The right-handed batter will now be keen to continue his purple patch with the bat against Baroda in the semifinal on Friday, December 13.
Sharing the video on X, Jio Cinema captioned the post:
“Shaw Show.”
Watch the clip below:
Kevin Pietersen and Shane Watson back Prithvi Shaw to bounce back after going unsold at IPL 2025 auction
Former Australia batter Kevin Pietersen and erstwhile Australian all-rounder have backed Prithvi Shaw to bounce back after going unsold at the IPL 2025 auction. Pietersen reckoned that Shaw was way too talented to flop with the bat.
The 44-year-old advised the youngster to be in the company of mentors who can help him return to his best. He wrote on X:
“Some of the greatest sports stories are COMEBACK stories. If Prithvi Shaw has decent people around him who care about his long-term success, they’d sit him down, tell him to get off social media & train his absolute backside off in getting super fit. It’ll get him back into the correct path where past success can return. Too talented to throw it all away. Love, KP!”
Reacting to the social media post, Watson added that Shaw could be amongst India’s cricket’s biggest heroes. The 43-year-old replied:
“I completely agree @KP24 Prithvi is such a precocious talent and these are all that is required for him to turn things around and be one of Indian Cricket’s biggest heroes.”
Prithvi Shaw managed 304 runs in 16 matches during the last two IPL seasons, including just two fifties. The 25-year-old was recently dropped from the Mumbai squad for one game during the Ranji Trophy owing to disciplinary and off-field issues.
As far as international cricket is concerned, Shaw made his debut in 2018. He slammed a ton against West Indies debut before being compared to Sachin Tendulkar. However, he faded soon and his last game for the Men in Blue came in 2021.