“Prithvi got a lot of chances and teams have now finally moved on”, Mohammad Kaif lambasts Prithvi Shaw for going unsold in IPL 2025 Mega Auction
Former Indian cricketer Mohammed Kaif has criticized Prithvi Shaw for failing to get even a single bid in the mega auction.
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Mohammed Kaif lambasts Prithvi Shaw for going unsold in IPL 2025 Mega Auction (Via X)
Prithvi Shaw, who was once a promising prospect in Indian cricket, went unsold in the latest IPL 2025 Mega Auction. No teams bid for him even though his base price was Rs 75 Lakh. Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif has criticized Shaw for failing to get even a single bid in the mega auction.
Shaw was once regarded as the next big thing in Indian Cricket after the U-19 World Cup. Coming from Mumbai, he was hailed as the next Sachin Tendulkar due to his flamboyance. However, he has seen his career dwindling in recent years and has been sidelined from the senior Indian Cricket Team as well.
Shaw was released by Delhi Capitals (DC) ahead of the mega auction and the former assistant coach of the side has said that the batter was given a lot of chances, but teams have moved on from him. So, he needs to work hard, return to basics and score a lot of runs in domestic cricket.
Prithvi got a lot of chances and teams have now finally moved on, and it is a matter of embarrassment that he did not get a bid for Rs 75 lakh. Maybe now, he finally goes back to basics. Someone like Sarfaraz Khan got into the national team by scoring lots and lots of runs.
Mohammed Kaid said to Jio Cinema during the IPL 2025 mega auction
Technical deficiencies in his batting were pointed out after he was bowled by Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2020-21. However, he did not show serious application to resurrect it and has been focusing on other things more besides cricket.
Mohammed Kaif feels that Delhi Capitals backed Prithvi Shaw to the core
Kaif feels that Delhi Capitals have backed Shaw a lot and hoped that he would be a great powerplay player. Shaw smashed Shivam Mavi for six fours in an over, displayed his potential and the franchise also supported him a lot.
Delhi has backed Prithvi Shaw a lot. DC had hoped that he is a powerplay player and would hit 6 boundaries in one over. And he did that too. He hit Shivam Mavi for 6 fours in an over. He had a lot of potential and DC backed him to the hilt. We always thought that if Shaw manages to score, we will win. And we gave him a lot of chances.
Mohammed Kaif said to Jio Cinema
The former DC assistant coach said that DC felt if Shaw scored runs, then the team would ultimately win the match.
There were meetings in the night where we would sit and ponder if Prithvi should play or not because he has been failing. So at night we would decide that Prithvi would not be in the playing XI, and then later on the day of the match, we would change our decision – that, no he will because maybe if he goes big, we would win.
Mohammed Kaif added
Shaw has played 79 innings in the IPL and has scored 1,892 runs at an average of 23.92 with a strike-rate of 147.47. The former DC batter has 14 half-centuries in the tournament. Shaw needs to work on his fitness, form and score runs consistently in domestic cricket to bring his career back on track.
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