Sunil Gavaskar defends Prithvi Shaw’s omission from Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy XI, arguing that weight mustn’t overshadow a participant’s expertise and efficiency.
Shaw’s Present Struggles and Efficiency
Prithvi Shaw’s current profession has confronted important challenges, particularly after getting back from a prolonged damage layoff.
In his final 15 innings since August, he has managed just one rating above fifty. These struggles haven’t solely affected his type however have additionally raised questions on his health stage.
With studies suggesting that he has round 35% physique fats, critics are questioning his suitability for skilled cricket.
Regardless of his previous achievements, together with a century on his Take a look at debut, Shaw’s present efficiency raises issues about his future within the recreation.
Gavaskar’s Perspective on Weight and Efficiency
In his current column, Sunil Gavaskar argued {that a} participant’s weight shouldn’t be the only real criterion for choice, particularly for a expertise like Shaw.
“Talking of home matches, defending Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai have dropped Prithvi Shaw from their group that’s at present in Tripura. There have been blended studies about his omission from the Ranji group. If it is about his perspective, strategy and self-discipline, then it’s comprehensible, however hopefully, it has nothing to do along with his weight, as one report appears to have urged. That report urged that he had 35 per cent extra physique fats,” Gavaskar wrote in his column for Mid-Day.
He identified that Sarfaraz Khan, one other participant with health discussions surrounding him, lately excelled by scoring 150 runs in a Take a look at match.
“Now we have seen within the earlier Take a look at in Bengaluru how one other participant Sarfaraz Khan, whose weight and form have additionally been mentioned within the public area, performed a scintillating innings of 150, exhibiting that it’s not the form or the dimensions of your waist that determines cricket health. It is whether or not you may rating 150-plus runs and that too bat for a complete day or bowl 20-plus overs in a day. That needs to be the one standards of a participant’s health. By the best way, what number of gamers with zero per cent or minimal physique fats have scored 379 like Prithvi Shaw? I relaxation my case about health,” added Gavaskar.
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