Young Indian and Delhi Capitals‘ cricketer Prithvi Shaw has made a solid comeback in the IPL in the ongoing match against Chennai Super Kings. After having a miserable 2020, Shaw had found himself under the scanner of critics for his poor form. As a result, he was even replaced by Shubman Gill in the Indian cricket team.
There were many fingers pointing at his technique, form, however, the young DC opener silenced his critics with a brilliant performance. Shaw gave the perfect reply to his critics with a powerful knock against Chennai Super Kings. Shaw smashed his 7th fifty in IPL cricket off 27 balls on his home ground in Mumbai.
A brilliant FIFTY from @PrithviShaw off 27 deliveries.
At the halfway mark, #DC are 99/0
Live – https://t.co/awnEK1O9DW #CSKvDC #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/sfvQA4wpLV
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 10, 2021
Chasing a target of 190 runs, Prithvi Shaw walked out to bat with all-guns-blazing along with Shikhar Dhawan. Both the cricketers took the game by storm as they formed an amazing partnership.
Shaw looked like he had a point of proving his critics wrong, one shot at a time, as he smashed the CSK bowlers to all the corners of the ground from the word go. He played a stunning knock of 72 runs off 38 balls. His powerful knock was laced with 9 fours and 3 sixes. Shaw’s knock played an instrumental role in helping his team win their first match of the IPL 2021.
Meanwhile, fans on social media went berserk after Shaw made a powerful comeback. From amazing tweets, reactions to hilarious memes, fans are hailing Shaw for his blockbuster knock.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati on this:
https://twitter.com/LoyalSachinFan/status/1380926596589133828?s=20
Very impressed so far by Prithvi Shaw. He is such a natural stroke player but, other than one false shot, has chosen his deliveries to hit really well.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 10, 2021
Prithvi Shaw to prove these 70% voters wrong this season.
?#CSKvDC #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/8QvHKft5q3
— Rahul Sharma (@CricFnatic) April 10, 2021
?Prithvi Shaw goes for magnificent 72 in just 38 balls, one of the best performance by him in the IPL. Great hand and great partnership with Shikhar Dhawan. pic.twitter.com/hEb4GqYMDy
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 10, 2021
Half century! Welcome to the Prithvi Shaw show. Showing his true talent tonight. And what an opening partnership this is with Dhawan! #CSKvDC #IPL2021
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) April 10, 2021
Shaw and Dhawan today – pic.twitter.com/0k8eQKUuyI
— ? (@ViratkiRiu) April 10, 2021
Shaw – No excuses in my mistakes, I need to work hard. Working with Amre sir before the Vijay Hazare helped me a lot.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 10, 2021
What a knock from Shaw, it was a show – 72 runs from just 38 balls including 9 fours and 3 sixes – he has been in fantastic form in last few months. #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/rpTlaZZmef
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 10, 2021
Prithvi Shaw is batting with the knowledge that Rahane is next.#CSKvsDC
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) April 10, 2021
End of Fabulous Knock by Prithvi Shaw. He scored 72 runs from 38 balls including 9 Fours and 3 Sixes. Top class innings while chasing 189 runs. Well played, Shaw. #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/fA8Wh5Vaxo
— CricketMAN2 (@man4_cricket) April 10, 2021
Prithvi Shaw after smashing CSK bowlers on his home ground : pic.twitter.com/QHyA4geZz7
— Anmol (@the_saffronist_) April 10, 2021
