Twitter reactions on Prithvi Shaw’s half-century on debut

Dixit Bhargav | 04/10/2018
Twitter reactions on Prithvi Shaw's half-century on debut

Twitter reactions on Prithvi Shaw’s half-century on debut: Twitter went crazy after Shaw scored a half-century on debut against West Indies.

During the first Test of West Indies’ tour of India at Rajkot, debutant Prithvi Shaw became the youngest batsman to score a half-century for India in Test matches. In which was a quickfire innings, Shaw remained unaffected by the early dismissal of his opening partner in Lokesh Rahul (0).

Having opened the innings, the 18-year old right-hand batsman scored a half-century off 56 balls. In which came as another feat for Shaw, he has scored the fourth-quickest Test half-century for India on debut. Shaw’s innings consisted of seven fours.

Earlier, Indian captain Virat Kohli had won the toss and chose to bat. India left out Shardul Thakur from the 12-member squad, which meant that they opted to play three spinners in Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav.

On the other hand, West Indies received a blow in the form of an injury to their captain Jason Holder. Opening batsman Kraigg Brathwaite came out for the toss, announcing a Test debut for fast bowler Sherman Lewis.

Described as an attacking opening batsman by vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane, Shaw played his natural game at the top of the order, seldom getting beaten by the opposition bowlers. Shannon Gabriel, who has been in sublime form in the recent times and who dismissed Rahul, hardly seemed to disturb Shaw.

In Cheteshwar Pujara, Shaw received accompany from a batsman who was playing on his home ground, something which might have come in handy for him.

Below are the latest Twitter reactions on Shaw’s brilliant start to his Test career:

 

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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