Prithvi shouldn't be an outlier: Ponting

We couldn't find a slot for him in DC: Ponting

There's only so much you can give: Ponting

Delhi Capitals (DC) opening batsman Prithvi Shaw was at one point of time thought of being a generational talent. Former Indian coach Ravi Shastri had remarked that Shaw had a bit of Sehwag, Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar in him.  Prithvi Shaw has however not shown the consistency required to book a permanent spot in the playing 11. “I mean to start with I don’t like talking about individual players, but Prithvi shouldn’t be an outlier. He should be someone that’s in every team; the first pick in most teams with the skill that he’s got. He’s had a chance to represent India as a youngster, making a hundred on his Test debut. And as you say, halfway through this year, we couldn’t find a slot for him in our DC team. So that’s disappointing for me as a coach not to be able to make certain players better and get the best out of them,” former DC coach Ricky Ponting said in an interaction with Cricbuzz. 

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Indian batsman was chosen as the opener for DC after a series of underpar performances by Prithwi in IPL 2024. Whether he’ll be retained by DC ahead of the mega auction remains to be seen. “But sometimes there’s only so much you can give and so many times you can try. When you feel like you’re not making players better and they’re not doing what you need for the team, then you’ve got to look for other players that can do it for you. So that then comes back to the player. With him in particular I’ve had a lot of chats with him, a lot of conversations to try and make him a better cricketer,” Ponting added.