Former Delhi Capitals Coach Says ‘Matter Of Great Shame’ For Prithvi Shaw After Being Unsold In IPL 2025 Auction – News18
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Mohammad Kaif feels Prithvi Shaw has himself to blame after going unsol at the IPL 2025 auction.
Prithvi Shaw. (Picture Credit: Sportzpics)
Prithvi Shaw remained uncols despite a base price of Rs 75 lakh in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction.
The 25-year-old was a household name well before his teen years. His performances in school cricket in Mumbai suggested India had another legend on their hand. He was the captain of India’s Under-19 World Cup-winning team in 2018.
Delhi Daredevils bought him for Rs 1.2 crores in the 2018 IPL auction.
A decent couple of seasons later, his off-field antics started hampering his on-field performance. He has 1892 runs from 79 matches in the IPL with an average of 23.95 and a strike-rate of 147.47.
Former Delhi Capitals (DC) coach Mohammad Kaif, speaking on JioCinema, said that Shaw had only himself to blame.
“Delhi gave a lot of opportunities to Prithvi Shaw because the expectations from him were that he is a powerplay player. This player has the ability to hit 6 fours in an over. He did do it against Shivam Mavi. He had a lot of potential. He was backed a lot in the hope that if he performs well today, we will win the match. We used to sit in meetings many times in which there was a discussion on whether Prithvi Shaw should be dropped or kept in the playing eleven. It was decided at night that we will drop him, but as soon as morning came he would be in the team,” Kaif was quoted as saying on JioCinema.
“Before the toss we used to say that we want this player in the playing eleven. At night we used to refuse that we don’t want this player in the playing eleven, he is not scoring runs, he is a flop, but as soon as morning came he was in the team, because we thought that if he performs today then we will win the match. In the pursuit of maybe…maybe… he got many opportunities, but Shaw could not take advantage. Many players do not get opportunities, but he got them and he could not perform and now he will have to accept that his form is bad. He will have to think about his game. Teams have moved on from him. It is a matter of great shame for him that no one bought him in the auction. Now he will have to score runs consistently in domestic cricket,” Kaif added.
