NEW DELHI: For most of Delhi Capitals’ coaching on the Ferozeshah Kotla on Friday night, Prithvi Shaw minimize a forlorn determine, strolling across the follow space and reluctantly going by means of some bat-swing drills earlier than ambling in for a success in a internet away from the core crew. It’s exceptional that his shares have come crashing down simply midway by means of the IPL, when he got here into the event promising a lot along with his dominating type in home cricket.
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In distinction, David Warner and Mitchell Marsh slogged it out within the nets on the fundamental sq. for a very good hour on the eve of their match towards Sunrisers Hyderabad. It’s ironical {that a} franchise which constructed its model and core round younger Indian batters for 4 years has to now take a look at its abroad recruits within the hope of a dramatic turnaround.
Going by the proceedings within the beleaguered Capitals camp, Prithvi’s prospects for the remainder of the season do not look vibrant. Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting was very curt in reminding that Prithvi has been off the boil past this season. “It is six games this season, I think six or seven game in the back end of last season. I think it has been 13 games since Prithvi has made a fifty,” Ponting stated on the eve of the match.
“If you look at the tournament, there are a lot of players at the top of the team that are playing a lot better than Prithvi. We needed to find that spark at the top of the order, and Phil Salt moved there last game. Prithvi, we know, is a match-winner and that was one of the reasons why he was being retained. So far this season, he has just managed 40-odd runs, that’s not what we require,” Ponting added.
Given how he had acknowledged earlier that this could be the defining season for Prithvi, it should not have been simple for Ponting to acknowledge the rut. “When he arrived this year, he was with the NCA for a few weeks, working really hard on his fitness and was in good physical shape. What he did in the nets suggested to me that this might be a big year for him. When guys are performing or not performing, it is my job to have a good, honest, open conversation. Nothing is different with Prithvi,” Ponting asserted.
If ever Capitals would have hoped for one opposition to start out their restoration this season, going through an-equally out-of-form SRH crew could have been on the highest of their want record. Both groups have seemed out of kinds, having misplaced their core after the mega public sale final yr.
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Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com