‘Wonder Boy’, 6 boundaries in one over, world champion captain, now unsold… Ricky Ponting’s big statement on Prithvi Shaw – wonder boy 6 boundaries in one over, world champion captain now unsold Ricky Ponting big statement on Prithvi Shaw

New Delhi: Like every season of the Indian Premier League, this time too many players were sold in the auction for crores of rupees. Many strong ones also remained unsold. The most surprising name among them was that of Prithvi Shaw. Not selling the Under-19 World Cup winning captain was surprising. He is a talented player, explosive opener and has reached this level from poverty, but on one hand, Shubman Gill is the captain of Gujarat Titans along with him, while Abhishek Sharma was retained in Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 14 crores. Another of his teammates, Riyan Parag, was retained by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 14 crore, while no one even asked for Prithvi Shaw’s base price of Rs 75 lakh. If you watch the whole scene, you will feel that Prithvi came down as fast as he went up. Have fallen. Are out of Team India. He was dropped from the playing-11 of Mumbai Ranji Trophy team due to disciplinary and fitness reasons and now being unsold in the Indian Premier League has come as a big blow. Ricky Ponting, who was his mentor in Delhi Capitals till last season, is surprised by this. However, at the same time, in one of his statements, he has put the IPL auction itself in the dock.

Ricky Ponting, who has now joined Punjab Kings, said- I am sad. Even today I would say about Prithvi that he is one of the most talented players among the players with whom I have worked. He remained unsold in the IPL auction and again his name did not appear. There were many teams here who were looking to take Prithvi, but like I said he is not playing at the moment. Let us tell you that in the name of Prithvi, there is a record of hitting boundaries on all the 6 balls of an over in IPL.

It is noteworthy that Prithvi Shaw made his debut in international cricket by scoring a century on Test debut. However, the 25-year-old struggled to maintain his form and his fitness also declined. He last played for the country in July 2021. Things got so bad for Shaw that he was dropped from DC’s playing XI in the IPL 2024 season and was recently dropped from Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy squad.

Ponting also worked with Shardul Thakur during his coaching stint with DC. The Australian legend recalled an incident and explained how he had planned for the Mumbai all-rounder. Recalling an incident, Ponting said- You know, we had paid about Rs 10 crore in the auction for Shardul a few years ago. And now he is no more. Now he is unsold.