Why Prithvi Shaw Failed to Follow the Process to Become the Next Sachin? Former Coach Jwala Singh Reveals

Jwala Singh has been one of the names in Indian Cricket that has gifted many young cricketers. He started his journey from a small village in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and came to Mumbai. He was in the same school as Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli and got coaching from Ramakant Achrekar Sir. From a very early age, he wanted to play cricket and was selected for many teams at junior, senior, club, and corporate levels in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Hyderabad, and the Tripura Ranji team.

But he could not continue cricket at higher levels. Then he shifted his focus to coaching and the Founder and Director of the Jwala Foundation and Mumbai Cricket Club (MCC). He has trained around 20000 cricketers. Among them, these include many first-class Indian test cricketers. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Prithvi Shaw, Divyaansh Saxena, and Ayaz Khan are some of the prominent names he coaches.

Among them, Prithvi Shaw and Yashasvi Jaiswal have featured in the Indian cricket team. Jaiswal has now been a regular member of the test squad and was the highest run scorer for the Men in Blue in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Jwala Singh Provides Light On Prithvi Shaw’s Drowning Career

During an exclusive interview with Sportsdunia, Indian cricket coach Jwala Singh expressed his views on Prithvi Shaw. He said “I was not ready to take him under me as he was already an established cricketer by that time. But his father requested me several times to coach him. Then I accepted the offer and started coaching. Prithvi was doing well, but in a short amount of time, he got a lot of big contracts, success, and fame, which backfired for his career.”

The MCC coach further added, “He could not handle these situations. He did not train well to upgrade his game and refused to accept his mistakes. Prithvi failed to achieve the heights he could have. I do not know the exact reasons. I feel the visible reasons are his fitness, and other miscellaneous things has ruined his career. I feel bad how he could not make a name for himself despite having the talent. He might come in the team once again, but needs to work on his discipline, fitness, and mental revive himself to make further moves in his career.”

Prithvi Shaw Career Overview

However, Prithvi Shaw’s career has taken a dip. The U-19 captain of India was regarded as one of the finest talents from the batch of 2018. But he has never taken his career with his utmost potential. After having a superb debut in the test team, in which he scored a hundred. Since then, his form has never gone up from there. His lack of consistency and discipline has taken him down from the Indian team as well as the Mumbai team.

He was also suspended from cricket due to traces of terbutaline found in his urine samples, which were collected during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The BCCI imposed a backdated ban of eight months as a result. Shaw failed the yo-yo test at the pre-2022 IPL fitness exam, getting less than the minimum score of 16.5 for male cricketers.

Prithvi Shaw played in the first two matches of the current Ranji Trophy. He made 59 runs over four innings. However, he was not chosen for the third round, which has been regarded as a warning sign for the 24-year-old. According to reports, the team’s management and selectors are concerned about Shaw’s physical condition, devotion to training, and overall attitude.

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