Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra heaped rich praise on Delhi Capitals (DC) opener, Prithvi Shaw, for his heroics in the IPL 2021, saying that BCCI should consider him for the Indian squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2021.
Prithvi Shaw was in red hot form in now postponed IPL 14. The swashbuckling batsman amassed 308 runs in eight games at a blistering strike rate of 166. One of the main highlights of his heroics in the tournament was his six fours in an over against Shivam Mavi.
Despite terrific performance in the tournament, the selectors didn’t consider him for India’s upcoming England tour and many fans and pundits feel that his recent form should have earned him a place in the Indian Test squad.
In a video posted on his YouTube Channel, Cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra said lauded Prithvi Shaw for his heroics in IPL and recalled his six fours in one over against Shivam Mavi.
“We had spoken earlier that Prithvi Shaw will be one of the finds of the tournament, that his strike rate will be the best. And he is standing there only. The way he has batted, six fours off six deliveries, it is not that easy to hit six boundaries in the first over,” Aakash Chopra said in a video posted on his YouTube channel.
Chopra said that the way Prithvi Shaw batted in the IPL was sensational and everyone saw old Shaw who scored a century on Test debut.
“The way he has batted, the skills and fearless approach he has shown, he was taking risks but it did not seem like he was doing so. He has been sensational. We saw the old Prithvi Shaw, who had scored a century on his Test debut,” he said.
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Aakash Chopra further said that if Prithvi Shaw continued batting like this he should be in the Indian team's scheme of things for the T20 World Cup.
“If he [Prithvi Shaw] continues batting like this, I feel, he will have to be considered for the World T20. You just cannot ignore him now because of the kind of form he has shown, the kind of runs he has put, and the fashion in which he has scored those runs,” he concluded.
Shaw was the second-highest run-getter for Delhi Capitals in the IPL 14 after Shikhar Dhawan and was placed fourth on the Orange Cap list before the tournament was postponed after several players and support staff tested positive for Covid-19.
Here's the video;
