'Kisi ko bhi khilao kya farak padta hai, DC toot chuka hai' - Fans react as Prithvi Shaw makes comeback in playing XI against PBKS

Delhi Capitals opening batter, Prithvi Shaw has made his comeback in the playing XI for the ongoing game against Punjab Kings. He played the first six games for the team. Out of them, the team only won one. On the other hand, Shaw could only manage to get 47 runs in these games with the highest score of 15. Ahead of the game against Sunrisers Hyderabad, the right-hander was replaced by Phil Salt.

Since then, the England international, Salt played some good innings and won a few games too. However, now, with the team ruled out of the playoff race, the team decided to bring back Shaw. The former India U19 skipper replaced leg-spinner Praveen Dubey in the side. Meanwhile, the fans weren't expecting to see him back in the fold. They are divided on whether he should have played or not.

This is how Twitter reacted

Wonderful news. Expecting a firecracker innings !!

— Nirmal Jyothi (@majornirmal) May 17, 2023

Good to see him back

— Captain (@iEatCricket) May 17, 2023

Of course he's back to play against druggie state

— Ram (@Flick_of_wrists) May 17, 2023

Abe yrr Lana bhi tha to yahan, idhar to swing/seam hogi bahut jyada.
Good luck

— Mr Om🌬️ (@MrOm14852020) May 17, 2023

giving chances when season over and duck loading due to swing tbh

— HelloWorld (@ShivamK83596389) May 17, 2023

Hope he performs well today ,he got talent but he is lacking this year

— Kanye north west (@DevrajSinghSha6) May 17, 2023

Csk fans and dhobi shivering 😭😂

— Varad (@Cric_varad) May 17, 2023

They want to make sure that MI doesn't reach to playoffs, I guess 😅🤣

— Yasho (@YashodeepMR555) May 17, 2023

That's some news 😎

— Dyno 🕶 (@dyno_tweet) May 17, 2023

Hope sai baba is watching everything 🤞

— 𝙇𝙀𝙊 𝙍𝘿𝙆 ᵇˡᵒᵒᵈʸ ˢʷᵉᵉᵗ (@champvirat_18) May 17, 2023

Prithvi Shaw is repaying the team's faith so far

Meanwhile, the 2018 U19 World Cup-winning skipper has played alongside his skipper David Warner. Early in the innings, both batters were facing difficulties in the second over bowled by Kagiso Rabada. The pace and bounce troubled both batters but after a while, they started finding ways to hit boundaries. Talking about Shaw, he was tentative to begin with.

He could only score five off seven balls. However, the opening batter got going with a boundary against Rabada and two fours and a six against Arshdeep Singh in the powerplay. Currently, he is batting at 49 off 33 balls at the time of writing including six fours and a six. On the other hand, Warner was caught at mid-off by Shikhar Dhawan, who ran in from covers in the 11th over.

At the time of writing, Rilee Rossouw is batting alongside and the team has amassed 108/1 in 12 overs. They were asked to bat first after Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bowl first.