'No importance of people who left me during tough days'- Prithvi Shaw fires back at 'detractors' after Ranji Trophy Triple Ton

The debate around Prithvi Shaw continues to go on as the right-hand batter is kept out of the national side despite performing well beyond the barrier for entry.

Indian management once again overlooked him for the recently concluded T20I series against Sri Lanka as well as the ongoing ODI. Despite his constant overlooking, however, Shaw continues to perform in domestic matches. Just today, the 23-year-old scored a sensational triple century in the Ranji Trophy match against Assam.

After the end of Day 1, Shaw was batting at 240 when the innings concluded for the day. Shaw was ecstatic at his performance and

“I was happy with the way I was batting (this season), just that I was not getting a big score,” he said. But when you are hungry to score runs and doing your process, you will eventually be rewarded. The innings was a result of the hard work I put into my game in the last few years.”

‘I didn’t talk to too many people, but was visualising everything myself, I spent time watching old footage of my batting. I was thinking alone about what was happening and realised it myself what I was doing well and what I was not doing well. I was getting my processes right and was doing everything well. But I knew that sometimes it (runs) does not happen, and sometimes it does happen,” he said.

No time for haters- Shaw

Shaw also had few words for the critics saying he had no mood to pay heed to those.

“When runs were not happening, people just used to keep talking. I used to ignore them. There is no importance of people who left me during my tough days, “he explained.

“Whatever detractors say, it hardly makes a difference. I knew what I was doing right, and what I was doing wrong. I was focused on my process and how I handle myself. I am mature enough to know that I needn’t address these people, “Prithvi Shaw concluded.

Shaw ended his innings at 379 in 383 balls in the Ranji Trophy match against Asaam. He hit 49 fours and 4 sixes in an inning that raises more questions to the Indian selectors who continue to overlook the batter.