T20 Mumbai 2025: Unsold in IPL, returns to the field after 6 months, Prithvi Shaw's innings ended in 4 balls
Things are not looking good for talented batsman Prithvi Shaw in recent times. He flopped after making his much awaited return on the cricket field after a period of six months. These days he is taking part in the 2025 edition of the T20 Mumbai League. Let's know which bowler dismissed him in the first match.
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Prithvi Shaw, who was once called the future star of Team India, today his career is hanging in the balance. The return of this 25-year-old player, who has made his debut in all three formats for India, to the national setup seems very difficult, because nothing is going right with Shaw. Neither his bat is working nor is luck supporting him.
On June 4, he came on the field after about 6 months, but flopped. He managed to score just five runs in four balls and his inning ended on a disappointing note. Let's know where Shaw is playing and which bowler got him out. Prithvi Shaw did not play in the 2025 editon of the Indian Premier League (IPL) , because he was released by the Delhi Capitals (DC) and then he remained unsold in the auction. This was a big setback in his career.
No buyer was found in IPL 2025 auction
After remaining unsold in the mega auction of the cash-rich t20 league, Prithvi Shaw returned to the field through the T20 Mumbai League which started on the 4th of June, but he flopped in the very first match. He out after scoring just five runs in four balls. He was sent to the pavilion by right-arm pacer Dhanit Raut.
Match Report
Shaw is the skipper of North Mumbai Panthers (NMP) in the Mumbai T20 League and they are also the reigning champions having lifted the trophy in 2019 before the tournament came to a halt due to Covid-19. His team's first match was against Namo Bandra Blasters, in which the Panthers suffered a hammering defeat by a margin of 40 runs. The Bandra Blasters batted first and scored 171 runs for 6 wickets. Dhrumil Madkar contributed 52 runs in 23 balls, which included six huge maximums. Chasing the target of 172 runs, Shaw's team North Mumbai Panthers was all out for 131 runs. Divyanshu Saxena (42 runs) was the top run getter for his team.
Prithvi would be eager to make a strong comeback
Prithvi Shaw has returned to the field for the first time since December 2024. He last played for Mumbai in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, where his performance was disappointing. The right-handed batter has flopped in the first match of the Mumbai T20 League, but he would like to perform strongly in the next matches. This league can play an important role for the hard hitting opening batter in getting his career back on track.
Was once considered the next big thing in Indian Cricket, today career is in limbo
This is the same Prithvi Shaw who won the Under 19 World Cup for India in 2018. Prithvi was the captain of that team. In the same year, this player performed brilliantly in domestic cricket, after which he got a chance to make his Test debut. Prithvi made a splash by scoring a century in his first Test and he was being compared to the great Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Brian Lara. However, after this his graph started falling. He had to face a ban due to failing the doping test. Now the situation is that Prithvi is out of the Mumbai team. His career is in limbo.
How is Prithvi Shaw's international cricket career?
Prithvi made his Test debut for the Indian Cricket Team in 2018. He has scored a total of 339 runs in nine innings of five Test matches at an average of 42.37, with the assistance of two half-centuries and a hundred. He made his ODI debut in 2020 and has 189 runs to his name in six matches. Then he made his T20 debut in 2021. In the only match he participated in, he got dismissed without opening his account. Talking about his IPL stats, he has amassed 1,892 runs in 79 games, which also includes 14 fifties.