Prithvi Shaw to play for Northamptonshire in County cricket | Cricket Information – Occasions of India

MUMBAI: Indian batsman Prithvi Shaw will play for Northamptonshire in County cricket after that includes within the Duleep Trophy, TOI has learnt. An official announcement on this regard ought to come within the subsequent few days. This will likely be Shaw’s maiden stint in English county cricket. Three former India captains of repute-Bishan Singh Bedi, Sourav Ganguly and Anil Kumble have represented the Northants up to now.
“Prithvi will likely be enjoying in four-day County Championship matches and within the Royal London One-Day Cup (50 overs match). Earlier than that, he’ll play within the Duleep Trophy semi-final (in opposition to Central Zone), and if crucial, within the last (July 12-16),” a dependable supply informed this paper.
Final season, Shaw smashed a mammoth 379 in opposition to Assam, going previous Sanjay Manjerekar’s file (377) to turn into the very best run-getter in a single innings for Mumbai. It was additionally the second-highest rating by a batsman within the historical past of the Ranji Trophy.
The 23-year-old has performed 5 Exams (339 [email protected], 100 (on debut in 2018 in opposition to West Indies at Rajkot, 2 fifties), six ODIs (189 [email protected]) and One T20I for India. The Mumbaikar has scored 3679 runs in 42 First-Class [email protected], with 12 tons of and 15 fifties.
Rated extremely by many in the beginning of his profession, Shaw endured an unusual time within the IPL this 12 months, managing to attain simply 106 runs in eight [email protected] for the Delhi Capitals. The proficient opener would hope to recuperate his type and stake a bid to make a comeback into the Indian group by making a bucketful of runs in County Cricket, one thing which veteran batsman Cheteshwar Pujara efficiently did in 2022.