Legendary Australian skipper Ricky Ponting feels that young Prithvi Shaw can make a comeback into the Indian team and questioned his thirst to make it into the Indian side in the future. The 23-year-old has an underwhelming IPL season with the Delhi Captials, as he was dropped for a few games in IPL 2023.
Prithvi Shaw made his debut in the senior team in the same year after winning the junior World Cup for India and has represented Men in Blue in all formats, but could not keep his spot in the side due to the high competition in the team.
Speaking to the media, Ricky Ponting said that two years back he would rate Prithvi Shaw as one of the best batters in red-ball cricket and feels that he still can make a comeback into the Indian team and added that they are no doubt about his talent in the highest level.
“If I wind the clock back a couple of years, I’d put Prithvi Shaw into that category as well, I still think he’s capable of getting back to that sort of, you know if he wants to do it enough, I’m sure he can get back up there because talent-wise there’s no doubt in the talent he’s got,” Ricky Ponting said.
In the last couple of seasons in IPL, Shaw could replicate his good performance as before as it looked like he lost all his form and confidence in the cash-rich league. If the youngster can find his consistency and form at the highest level, he can be in the race to make it into the Indian team in the future.
Yashasvi Jaiswal Got All Sorts Of Talent – Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting heaped praise on Yashasvi Jaiswal for his brilliant performance in the IPL, which helped him to make it into the Indian side for the Test and T20 series against West Indies, and reckons that the talented youngster has got all sorts of talents to represent the country at the highest level.
“I mean Jaiswal’s IPL was something special, He almost just flicked a switch and turned into a superstar overnight. Everyone knew that he was a talented youngster, but what I saw in this year’s IPL, he’s got all sorts of talent,” Ricky Ponting added.
Yashasvi Jaiswal made his way into the Indian team following his brilliant performance in IPL and domestic cricket. The Rajasthan Royals opener has scored 625 runs in 14 matches at an average of 48.08 and has hit five half-centuries and one century in the season. Notably, he was named the Emerging Player of the Season.