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News India Live, Digital Desk: Ranji Trophy 2025 has not had a good start at all for young Indian batsman Prithvi Shaw, who was once considered the future of Indian cricket. It was expected that after his decision to leave his old team Mumbai and play for Maharashtra, he would make a strong comeback, especially after scoring a explosive century in a practice match. But, it seems that fate had something else in store. Prithvi Shaw once again disappointed his fans by returning to the pavilion without scoring any runs in his first Ranji Trophy match for Maharashtra. A big performance was expected from him in this season of Ranji Trophy 2025-26.
This incident took place on Tuesday, October 15 in the match between Maharashtra and Kerala in Thiruvananthapuram. After winning the toss, Maharashtra captain Ankit Bawne decided to bat first, but the team had a very disappointing start. Everyone’s eyes were on Prithvi Shaw, because there was a lot of talk about his performance ever since he joined the Maharashtra team. Recently, he played a brilliant inning of 181 runs against Mumbai in a practice match, in which he faced 219 balls, after which the hopes of his return to form increased. But his first match against Kerala proved to be a shock.
On the third ball of the match itself, Kerala fast bowler MD Nidhish got Prithvi Shaw out LBW on an inswing ball. Shaw could face only four balls and could not even open his account. Due to Prithvi Shaw’s dismissal on zero, there was disappointment in the Maharashtra camp, while the opposing team took full advantage of it. It was a disappointing start for Prithvi Shaw, who came to the Maharashtra Ranji team from Mumbai.
Not only Prithvi Shaw, but Maharashtra’s upper order batsmen also completely disappointed. In the initial overs of the first day, the team lost 4 important wickets in just 20 balls. After Shaw’s dismissal, Arshin Kulkarni, Siddhesh Veer and captain Ankit Bawne also returned to the pavilion without scoring any runs. Out of these, 3 batsmen were out without opening the account, due to which Kerala put Maharashtra in big trouble in the beginning.
This season was very important for Prithvi Shaw, especially when he was looking for a way to return to the national team after changing his home team. Coming to Maharashtra from Mumbai was supposed to be a new chapter for him, but this bad start must have definitely increased the pressure on him. Now it will be interesting to see how he leaves behind this initial failure in the upcoming Ranji Trophy 2025 matches and manages to score runs as per his talent. It is expected that his performance will be better in Ranji Cricket 2025.
