Prithvi Shaw’s stocks are on the decline in the last few years. He was left out of Mumbai’s squad for the Vijay Hazare Trophy and the Ranji Trophy in the 2024-25 season.

While Shaw was part of Mumbai's Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy-winning campaign, he failed to produce any noteworthy performance. Adding to his woes, the 25-year-old went unsold in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction last November.

Once hailed as a prodigious talent, Shaw has expressed his determination to start afresh with his new domestic team Maharashtra. He made a promising start by scoring an aggressive century (111 off 141 balls with 15 fours and a six) on his debut for the team in the pre-season Buchi Babu tournament against Chhattisgarh

“I don’t mind starting from scratch again because I’ve seen many ups and downs in my life. I’ve been up there and been down there. I’ve also come back up there. So, everything is possible. I’m confident of myself, my work ethic. And my family has been the biggest support in my tough times. Hopefully, I’ll get back there soon,” Shaw was quoted as saying by TOI.

Shaw said he was going back to basics helped him regain form. “I don’t want to change anything. I feel I just went back to basics, doing the things I used to do in my under-19 days, things which got me into the Indian team. I’m just doing all that stuff back again.

“I’m trying to be myself and trying not to be on social media or any of those kinds of distractions. It’s kind of peaceful when I’m not using it,” he added.

Shaw has started to get his confidence back as well. “I feel I have never lost. It’s always about learning. Earlier, I was trying to think about the future and I don’t think it worked for me. So now what I’m trying to do is go day by day. I try to be in the present. I’m that kind of person right now.”

Asked if he received any messages or calls from the cricket fraternity during his ‘tough times’, Shaw replied: “No one.”

He further remarked, “It’s fine. I don’t want anyone’s sympathy. I’ve had my family’s support and my friends who were there with me when I was not really well mentally. Obviously, people are busy doing their work and they have their family as well. So it didn’t bother me at all because I had my family and then I was practising. I was in that zone where I was doing everything alone and it was really good for me.”

Shaw said he has also been working on his fitness in the build-up to the domestic season. “These two-three months, I had my trainer come personally and train me, and I’ve got a dietician as well.

“All this over the last threefour months has really changed me physically and mentally. And maybe it can be seen on the field,” he stated.