The Mumbai opener’s lack of foot movement have cost him dear with Mitchell Starc dismissing him second ball.
Young Indian opener Prithvi Shaw has been under the hammer after his twin failures in the opening Test of the ongoing India-Australia series. Shaw score 0 and 4 in India’s eight-wicket loss in the day-night Test in Adelaide last week which saw the visitors bundled out for just 36 in the second innings.
The Mumbai opener’s lack of foot movement have cost him dear with Mitchell Starc dismissing him second ball – bowled through the gate and Pat Cummins hitting the timber in the second essay.
India's 2018 U-19 World Cup-winning skipper took to Instagram and posted a message that read – ‘If sometimes people demotivate you for something you try to do, that means you can do that but they can't’.
Shaw began with a century on debut against West Indies – scoring 134 at Rajkot and followed that up with a 70 in the next Test at Hyderabad against the same opposition. However, on his first overseas tour of New Zealand, the 21-year-old had scores of 16 and 14 and 54 and 14 in the two-Test series which India lost 2-0.
Although Shaw still averages 42.37 in Test cricket, his technical flaws have been thoroughly exposed at the highest level which has led to plenty of criticism coming his way. A message like this posted on the social media will do no favours to Shaw in the long run.
Meanwhile, the visitors created an unwanted record after their humiliating batting performance against Australia in the second innings where neither of the batsmen managed to reach even double figures and the Men-in-Blue were eventually restricted to 36/9. India have now registered their lowest ever score in the game's longest format. Their previous lowest score in Test cricket was against England at the ‘Mecca of Cricket’ Lord's back in June 1974.
Opener Mayank Agarwal was India's top-scorer with 9 runs. The Virat Kohli-led side had no option but to declare their innings at 36/9 after tail-ender Mohammed Shami had to retire hurt after being struck on his wrists by a vicious delivery from Pat Cummins with India having an 89-run lead.
Chasing a paltry target of 90, the hosts were off to a good start as openers Matthew Wade and Joe Burns added 70 runs for the opening stand before the former needlessly ended up running himself out. Number three batsman Marnus Labuschagne followed with just six runs to his name. However, it did not matter at all as Burns and Steve Smith helped the Aussies in getting past the finish line comfortably.
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