Prithvi Shaw Targets To Make A Comeback In The Indian Team

Prithvi Shaw made a sensational return to the game with his incredible double century in the first round of the Ranji Trophy 2019-20 season. Continuing his purple patch after returning to competitive cricket from an eight-month doping ban, Shaw smashed 202 off 179 balls to put Mumbai on the road to victory in their Group B encounter at the Reliance Stadium.

In the process, he registered the third-fastest double hundred in the history of the Ranji Trophy. Team India coach Ravi Shastri still holds the record for scoring the fastest double ton in Ranji history. Ravi Shastri scored his triple century in just 123 balls against Baroda in 1984-85.

The 20-year-old, who was given a backdated eight-month ban for a doping violation on July 30 by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), had earlier announced his return to competitive cricket by scoring a 32-ball fifty for Mumbai against Assam in the Syed Mushtaq Ali domestic T20 tournament last month.

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I wasn’t dropped – Prithvi Shaw

Speaking about the knock, Prithvi Shaw stated he was never thinking about a double century at the start, but things have fallen in place as the game progressed. Further, he believes that scoring big tallies for the team is an opportunity for him to press his case for the selection in the Indian team.

“It (200) was never on my mind. I was trying to score runs. That’s it. But as I got closer to 200 runs I thought it’s a time to grab it. People do score hundreds, not that it’s easy to score hundreds, but I felt kuch bada karna padega,” he told The Indian Express. To be honest, I do think about the India comeback. I wasn’t dropped and I was out of the team. It was not a nice feeling,” Shaw added.

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Prithvi Shaw had made a superb start to his Test career against the West Indies last year when he struck a century on debut and scored another half-century in the second Test. But after he was suspended for failing the doping Test, Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharma have made the Test opening slots their own with brilliant displays in the home series against South Africa and West Indies.