Indian opener Prithvi Shaw believes he needs to back his aggressive style of play

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After a bright start to his career, Prithvi Shaw has made poor performances for the Indian team. However, the brilliant Mumbai-based batter underlined his resolve to retake his place in the national team by depending on his natural aggressive playing style to score runs. Shaw last played for India in a T20 International against Sri Lanka in Colombo in July 2021.

On Saturday, July 8, Prithvi Shaw, the youthful Mumbai opener, discussed how he needs to back up his aggressive approach in order to obtain an India call-up in the near future. The 23-year-old stated unequivocally that he cannot bat defensively like Cheteshwar Pujara, while also noting that the veteran cannot adopt his strategy.

I feel it's very important for me to bring out my best: Prithvi Shaw

"Personally, I feel I don't have to change my game, but a little smarter than what I am. I can't bat like Pujara sir bats or Pujara sir can't bat like me." "So, what I am trying to do are those things that have brought me here till, for example, the aggressive batting, I don't like to change that."

The Mumbai-based batter further added, "I think whichever game for me right now is as important as anything. Even if I'm playing Duleep Trophy or my Mumbai game, I feel it's very important for me to bring out my best."

"It's not that you can always be perfect but I try to work harder after these kinds of things happen (not getting runs). T20 is a bit more slashing but has a similar mindset. Not the similar way as in T20 with me when I am playing red-ball cricket as well," said Shaw.

He added, "What I should try is to play with bowlers, distract them, and force them to give the ball that you want and not the ball that they want to bowl."

Shaw, on the other hand, saw a ray of optimism in his performance during the previous Ranji season. He amassed 595 runs from six matches for Mumbai, with an excellent average of 59.50. Shaw had intended to make a huge contribution to the big runs in the Duleep Trophy quarterfinal. However, he was unable to turn his scores of 25 and 26 into a significant inning.