Courage, hand-eye coordination, shots make Prithvi Shaw the Sehwag 2.0

TIL Desk Sports/ Prithvi Shaw’s 24-ball 43 that included nine, well-timed boundaries brought out comparisons with former India opener Virender Sehwag, who himself tweeted a picture of himself, Sachin Tendulkar, and Brian Lara and wrote, “Pehle 5.3 overs hamara jalwa raha (in the first 5.3 overs, it was our charisma).

Shaw’s shots through the off-side — his first four was a punch through extra cover while the second one was a cut through point — were quite similar to what Sehwag would hit during his playing days. Shaw hit a few more, through mid-wicket, and again through extra-cover and point.

While Sehwag hinted Shaw was reminded of himself, the former India team opener’s coach and mentor AN Sharma said he could find some similarities. “He has the jigra (courage), which Sehwag had. I always like a player who makes offence his defence, not his defence as offence,” said Sharma.