Prithvi Shaw: One of India's star openers, Prithvi Shaw, has been out of the Indian cricket team since 2021 and now he is slowly being dropped from many other places as well. He remained unsold during the recent IPL auction and this is the first time that no team has bought him in the auction.
However, the matter has not stopped here but he has also been dropped from the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25 team by the Mumbai Cricket Association. But in the meantime, the historic innings of 244 runs from his bat in England has come into discussions. So let's know about this innings in detail.
Prithvi Shaw's 244-run innings came into the limelight
Actually, Prithvi Shaw scored a strong double century while playing for Northamptonshire in England during the 2023 ODI Cup. He did this feat against Somerset. Last year, Prithvi scored 244 runs in just 153 balls. During this, his strike rate was 159.47. Not only this, during this time he hit 28 fours and 11 sixes. Thanks to his innings, his team managed to score 415 runs.
Northamptonshire scored 415 runs while batting first
Northants vs Somerset,
In the ODI Cup match between Northamptonshire and Somerset, the team of Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat first and while batting first, scored 415 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. During this, apart from Prithvi Shaw's double century, Sam Whiteman scored the highest 54 runs. In this way, Northamptonshire had set a mountainous target in front of Somerset. However, the Somerset team did not give up and fought till the last moment.
Somerset also showed the power of the bat
Chasing Northamptonshire's target of 416 runs, the Somerset team put in all their effort till 45.1 overs. But after being all out, they could score only 328 runs, due to which they had to face defeat by 87 runs. During this, Andrew Umeed scored 77 and Sean Dixon scored 52 runs. In this match, Rob Keogh took 4 and Tom Taylor took 3 wickets for Northamptonshire.
