The war of words between Prithvi Shaw and the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) continues, but before things get much more bitter, the top official has decided to give the young batsman a chance to revive his career despite all his drama on social networks.
Prithvi Shaw has been overlooked for the first three games of the 2024-25 Vijay Hazare Trophy citing his poor form, fitness, ethics and disciplinary issues. This prompted the 25-year-old to vent his anger on Instagram, sharing his A-list stats in an emotional post.
After that, one of the Mumbai Cricket Association officials came forward and clarified why Shaw was not considered for the 2024-25 Vijay Hazare Trophy. The state body is not happy with his poor performance both on and off the field and has dropped him from the Mumbai team.
Well, that clarification wasn't enough as Prithvi Shaw shared yet another story on Instagram to slam the Mumbai Cricket Association without mentioning them. Shaw said via his cryptic post: “If you don't fully understand, don't talk about it. Too many people have full opinions with half the facts (sic.).” He ended his Instagram story with “Friyay”.
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Amid all this drama, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has decided to give the batsman a golden opportunity to revive his career. MCA is said to want to revive Prithvi Shaw's career through the 77th Police Invitational Shield Cricket Tournament.
On December 20, the Mumbai Cricket Association announced the 18-member squad for the 2024-25 Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament and Shaw will get an opportunity to shine as both a batsman and captain to regain his place in the state side .
Prithvi Shaw has been named the MCA Colts captain for the upcoming 2024-25 Police Invitation Shield cricket tournament.
The Mumbai Cricket Association is gearing up to revive Prithvi Shaw's career
The state body said in an official press release: “The Mumbai Cricket Association Senior Selection Committee consisting of Mr. Sanjay Patil (Chairman), Mr. Ravi Thaker, Mr. Jeetendra Thackeray, Mr. Kiran Powar and Mr. Vikrant Yeligeti, has selected the following players to represent MCA Colts in the Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament 2024-25.”
Mumbai Cricket Association wants to revive Prithvi Shaw's career. He asked the opener, currently out of the team, to lead the Mumbai Colts team in the Police Shield. He will appear in the Police Shield next Saturday. #Crickethttps://t.co/FRJuRBg1Rs
— Gaurav Gupta (@toi_gauravG) December 21, 2024
Notably, Colts are placed in Group A alongside New Hind Sporting Club, MIG Cricket Club and Payyade Sports Club. MCA Colts will play their first match against Payyade Sports Club at National Cricket Club on December 21.
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Victory Cricket Club, Karnatak Sporting Association, Islam Gymkhana and National Cricket Club are placed in Group B while Cricket Club of India, Mumbai Police, Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy and Bombay Gymkhana are placed in Group C. On the other hand, Group D includes PJ Hindu Gymkhana, Parsee Gymkhana, Sponsors XI and Shivaji Park Gymkhana for the 77th Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament.
MCA Colts Squad for the 2024-25 Police Invitational Shield Cricket Tournament:
Prithvi Shaw (C), Vishal Dabholkar (VC), Aryan Pawar, Siddid Tiwari, Aarush Patankar, Siddharth Akre, Arjun Jaiswal, Aryan Chauhan, Vedprakash Jaiswal (WK), Ankit Vishwakarma, Atharva Kardile, Akshat Redkar, Yash Jadhav (WK) , Manthan Korgaonkar, Pratham Salaskar, Ratnesh Chaudhary, Harsh Mendon, Anjdeep Lad.