Will BCCI open its eyes? A double century from an out-of-team player against Sri Lanka

Mumbai: Prithvi Shaw completed his first double century in first class cricket in 2023 and his second double century in first class cricket. This explosive batsman from Mumbai played this knock in the elite group match against Assam. Earlier, Prithvi completed his century in 98 balls. It included 15 fours and 1 six. In this innings, Prithvi shared a partnership of 123 runs with Musheer Khan.

Prithvi, who scored a mountain of runs in domestic cricket, has to struggle to get a chance in the Indian team. By scoring a double century, Prithvi once again showed that the decision of the selection committee was wrong. Prithvi got a place in the Indian team in September last year. Prithvi then played against New Zealand.

read- What is this method of team selection? How many more people will behave like this? Two centuries, three centuries…

Prithvi Shaw scored a century on his Test debut in 2018. But he is out of the team since July 2021. He was part of the team in the series in Sri Lanka under the captaincy of Shikhar Dhawan. In October 2022, Prithvi had said that he would again draw the attention of the Chetan Sharma-led selection committee. During this period, Prithvi’s strike rate was 93.46. Prithvi was unbeaten on 100 runs till the lunch break. Prithvi turned this century into a double century. He completed his century in 235 balls. At the end of the day’s play, Prithvi had scored 240 runs off 283 balls. It includes 1 six and 33 fours. His partner is Ajinkya Rahane who is unbeaten on 73 runs.

read- Those who took it lightly were deceived; 10 thousand became 15 crores! One decision changed life!

No one has an answer as to why Prithvi is not getting a place in the Indian team despite batting so well in domestic cricket. The way he bats, he should get a chance in Team India. Prithvi has scored 339 runs at an average of 42.38 and a strike rate of 86.04 in 9 innings from 5 Tests. He has a century and 2 fifties to his name.