WATCH: Prithvi Shaw’s masterclass – double century off 129 balls | Cricket News – Act Daily News

NEW DELHI: Cometh the hour, cometh Prithvi Shaw. The out-of-favour India opener Shaw, who suffered a weird dismissal in his debut outing for Northamptonshire, silenced his critics and slammed a powerful double century throughout England’s One-Day Cup event towards Somerset on Wednesday.

Shaw smashed a 153-ball 244 for Northamptonshire. His knock was studded with 28 fours and 11 sixes.
This was his ninth List A century, and first since his 165 towards Karnataka within the Vijay Hazare Trophy semifinal when he led Mumbai to raise the title in 2020-21.

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Playing his third sport for the Northamptonshire, Shaw reached his maiden hundred for the facet off 81 balls.

He then cruised to the 200-run mark off simply 129 balls with the assistance of 24 fours and eight sixes to energy Northamptonshire to 415/8 after they opted to bat.

In 56 List A video games, Shaw has amassed 2687 runs, at a mean of 51.67.

Shaw final performed for India on the tour of Sri Lanka in July 2021, and was a part of the squad for the T20Is at dwelling towards New Zealand earlier this yr however was omitted for the continuing sequence towards West Indies.

The gifted opener has additionally needed to cope with off-field points lately.