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'Is baar hair transplant karke ayega' - Fans troll Prithvi Shaw after Ricky Ponting's 'gonna see the real Shaw' comment ahead of Indian T20 League 2023

Prithvi Shaw was backed by head coach Ponting for the upcoming season of the Indian T20 League. Here's how fans reacted to the statements.

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Prithvi Shaw, the young India batter who lost his spot in the Indian team and recently got into a minor argument with supporters, has been encouraged to succeed this season by Ricky Ponting, the head coach of the Delhi franchise of the Indian T20 League (ITL).

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"I think we are going to see the real Prithvi Shaw this season," Ponting said. "He's in a better physical shape than I've ever seen him before. I spoke to him the other day about his attitude, the way he's working, and how things are going. I honestly feel that this is going to be his biggest season in the ITL. He just has that different look in his eye this year. You can see, he's hungrier than ever," Ponting said.

'Something has really clicked with Prithvi' - Ricky Ponting

"It just seems to me that this season, something has really clicked with Prithvi. I actually said to him at the end of the training two days ago, 'This game, if you don't pay full attention to it, it'll take away from you. But if you put in the hard yards, it will give back to you all the time.' That's why I feel that this could be a really big year for him," the Aussie Legend added.

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The former Australian captain's career had also been initially side-tracked by off-field issues, including being attacked in a bar lounge. Moreover, he received a three-match suspension. "It is well documented that I had some issues early on," Ponting said.

"It's all about just being true to yourself and wanting to be the best that you can be. The one thing that I always say to our players is that I don't like laziness and guys not utilizing the talent that they've got. That's my job as a coach. Looking back at my career… there wasn't as much spotlight on me back then as some of the Indian guys just through the sheer amount of numbers, media and everything. It's about letting the players understand how big what they are actually doing is in public size. As a player, sometimes you don't see the bigger picture of it than just you playing cricket. It's how everyone else perceives you in the real world. The ITL, for all these youngsters, is not the real world," he added.

Here's how fans reacted to Ricky Ponting's statements on Prithvi Shaw:

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