Hyderabad
\nIndia coach Ravi Shastri saw in Prithvi Shaw\u2019s batting, glimpses of two of the greatest batsmen of modern era and a non-conformist who redefined batsmanship.<\/p>\n
An overwhelmed Shastri on Sunday, in one breath, mentioned the names of three legends Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and Virender Sehwag while trying to describe the 18-year-old Shaw who accumulated big runs in his first brush with top-flight international cricket.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is born to play cricket. He\u2019s been playing since the age of eight in the maidans of Mumbai. You can see all that hardwork showing. He\u2019s a spectator\u2019s delight. There\u2019s a bit of Sachin there, a bit of Viru in him and when he walks there\u2019s a bit of Lara as well,\u201d Shastri said.<\/p>\n
Opener Shaw flayed the Caribbean attack during his 52-ball-70 on the second day of the second Test to give India a flying start, days after hitting a century on debut Even skipper Virat Kohli gushed about the 18-year-old.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe guy (has) grabbed his chance beautifully. He looks like someone who can get you off to a kind of start you require. Making a mark in the first series that you play, from that point of view, it is great to have a guy who is so fearless. And he is not reckless, he is very confident about his game,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou might feel that he will nick one now and then but he hardly nicks the ball. That we saw in England as well. He was batting in the nets, really attacking but was in control. But that kind of rare control against new ball is a great thing to have. Any of us weren\u2019t even 10 percent of what he is at 18 or 19,\u201d added the captain.<\/p>\n
Besides praising Shaw, coach Shastri also lauded the efforts of Umesh Yadav, who returned a match haul of 10 wickets to become only the third Indian pacer to achieve the feat after Kapil Dev and Javagal Srinath.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt can be a frustrating profession when you sit on the bench like Umesh for four Tests. Only 11 can play. He got his opportunity here and I\u2019m very happy for him. It\u2019s been done only four times .<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat this will do is make him believe that he belongs. He can say now that he wants his place. That\u2019s given us a headache. He was on target,\u201d Shastri said of the pacer.<\/p>\n
The coach was also fulsome in his praise for 20-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, while backing K L Rahul to regain his touch.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think will be fine. He\u2019s a world-class player. Sometimes he tries too hard. He works really hard on his game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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