Another day, another worst performance by Prithvi Shaw: The Indian opening cricketer Prithvi Shaw has found himself at the receiving end of criticism and trolling after he failed to perform once again during the second innings of the ongoing first day-night Test match against Australia.
Prithvi Shaw has been out of form for a long time now. After a series of failures in the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League Prithvi Shaw failure to find his spark in the warm-up games against Australia A. Well, ahead of the ongoing first Test match against Australia the Indian A locked their horns with Australia A and during the two-warm up games, Prithvi Shaw failed miserably.
But despite a series of failures, he was picked for the opening position and was backed by the Indian team management and skipper Virat Kohli for the first test, however, Prithvi failed to make use of the opportunity. The cricketer was dismissed for a duck off the second ball during the first innings of the test match.
And now during the second innings of the ongoing test match, Prithvi was dismissed bowled by Pat Cummins within the first over. He could only manage to score 4 runs.
Meanwhile, social media is abuzz with tweets for Prithvi. Fans on social media are trolling Prithvi left, right, and center. From hilarious memes to tweets slamming the performance of the opener, fans are leaving no stone unturned while trolling Shaw for his poor show. There are many who are slamming the Indian skipper for picking Shaw over the inform batsmen KL Rahul and Shubman Gill.
Here, check out how twitterati are trolling Prithvi Shaw:
https://twitter.com/HaramiParindey/status/1339896003080679425?s=20
Shaw was the night watchman. Bumrah comes out as the opener. #AUSvIND
— Manya (@CSKian716) December 18, 2020
*Dressing room scene today*
After picking Shaw over Gill in playing XI #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/PDNiHqkU4B
— KeetaAnu Malik (@VirusUncle) December 18, 2020
Sachin, Sehwag, and Lara out. Cummins gets a hattrick.
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) December 18, 2020
The total time Prithvi Shaw spent on the wicket is less than the screen time Sambha got in Sholay……#INDvAUS
— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) December 18, 2020
Sachin, Sehwag, and Lara trying to find a bit of themselves in Prithvi Shaw…. pic.twitter.com/twVOsryBUu
— Avneet Singh (@AvneetsinghAs) December 18, 2020
#AUSvIND
Prithvi Shaw once again departs early in the innings pic.twitter.com/T364YFdu3R— आशीष यदुवंशी (@YadavAshish00) December 18, 2020
Kohli making shaw watch bumrah’s defence. ?#AUSvIND#PrithviShaw #Bumrah #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/RlklrFuLWh
— fajlul (@CovidWarrior17) December 18, 2020
https://twitter.com/chauhankshitiz5/status/1339900106242314244?s=20
#AUSvIND
*Bumrah hits 11 Balls today & not out**Meanwhile Shaw -: pic.twitter.com/aiyoxGvxbP
— KL Rahul Fans (@itsPRB) December 18, 2020
#AUSvsIND
When Prithvi Shaw spends more than 5min on Pitch
*Pujara to Kohli: pic.twitter.com/9RxCXj1bux— असुर? (@MrA__tweets) December 18, 2020