Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag, who is understood for talking his thoughts, slammed out-of-form Delhi Capitals (DC) batter Prithvi Shaw after he fared poorly as soon as once more vs Gujarat Titans (GT) in IPL 2023 match. Shaw has scored 12 and 7 within the first two matches this season vs Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and GT respectively. His lack of kind is a large concern for Capitals who’ve misplaced each of their matches thus far on this season. Giving instance of Shubman Gill and Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sehwag mentioned that Shaw must be as constant as them to develop in his profession.Â
“He (Shaw) has been dismissed playing these similar shots several times…but shouldn’t he also learn from his mistakes? Look at Shubman Gill. He played U-19 cricket with him (Shaw) and is now playing Test, ODIs and T20Is for India, but Shaw is still struggling in IPL,” Sehwag mentioned on Cricbuzz.
The Ex-India opener mentioned that Shaw must convey consistency in his recreation. He cited Gaikwad’s instance that how he scored 600 runs in an IPL season.Â
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“He has to make the most of this IPL platform and score runs. Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 600 odd runs in an IPL season. Shubman Gill also scored big runs. So even Shaw has to be consistent with his IPL scores,” he additional mentioned.
Shaw vs Gill vs Ruturaj: Performances in IPL
In IPL 2021, Gaikwad received the Orange Cap after ending because the main run-scorer that helped Chennai Super Kings (CSK) clinch the title. He scored 635 runs (Sehwag was pointing to this very season earlier) in 16 video games which included 1 hundred and 4 fifties. He has began IPL 2023 in good vogue as effectively, lacking century by a whisker vs GT within the opening recreation.
Gill has been a constant performer. Playing for KKR in 2021, Gill completed with 478 runs in 17 video games. Gill has labored exhausting on his strike charge too and seems to be to assault from the phrase go.Â
The consistency and enchancment is lacking from Shaw’s recreation whose weak point towards the brutal tempo is a fairly seen as of late.