'How much he need to prove yet?' - Fans lash out at Indian management for snubbing Prithvi Shaw yet again

Mizoram and Mumbai locked horns in a match of Elite, Group A in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Both teams played this match in Saurashtra. Mumbai skipper and veteran batter, Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and asked the Mizoram to bat first. Mizoram could score only 98 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

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Star Mumbai batter Prithvi Shaw played a brilliant half-century knock to help his team register an easy and massive win by a margin of nine wickets over Mizoram. The 22-year-old scored 55 runs off just nine boundaries and a six to his name.

Although, this half-century from Prithvi Shaw has given another chance for the cricket fans for lashing out at the Indian cricket Board for ignoring the young talent and not giving him a chance in the national squad. They took to Twitter for expressing their angst over this ignorance from the administrative body of Indian cricket.

Here’s how fans reacted after Prithvi Shaw’s half-century:

How much he need to prove yet? Why bcci ignoring him like he is not from ind?

— mr reverse sweep (@breaatherp17) October 11, 2022

Exposing selectors / management mind🔥

— Harsh Gupta (@harshgupta16581) October 11, 2022

Gill and Shaw opening in Champions trophy 2025

— CLUSTER (@LukaCluster) October 11, 2022

Continuing his rich vain of form from longer to shorter format



Score runs runs runs and knock selectors door @PrithviShaw ❤️

— GCH (@cricguy18) October 11, 2022

Earlier, Shaw also accepted that it was very saddening and disappointing for him when he missed out on the squad during the recently concluded three-match ODI series against South Africa.

“I did not work on different things in my batting but did a lot of fitness work and worked on weight loss and reduced it by seven to eight kgs after the last IPL. I spent a lot of time in the gym, did a lot of running, and didn't consume any sweets or cold drinks. Chinese food is totally out of my menu now,” said Shaw in his statement.

The Indian selectors happened to pick a second-string squad in the absence of renowned players who already departed for the 20-20 World Cup 2022 in Australia. After seeing that Shaw’s name was not on the squad for the ODI series, the Indian cricket fans were not happy with the attitude of the Indian selectors.