Mumbai's Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) 2024 captain Shreyas Iyer advised Prithvi Shaw to work on his ethics to touch the deserved heights.
Shaw gave glimpses of his immense talent in the SMAT, which Mumbai won under Shreyas, while making 197 runs over nine matches but he could not even make a fifty.
Shaw gave glimpses of his immense talent in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, which Mumbai bagged under Shreyas, while making 197 runs over nine matches but he could not even make a fifty.
“He needs to get his work ethics right. And if he does that, sky's the limit for him,” he said.
However, Iyer said the desire to embrace redemption should stem within Shaw himself.
“We can't babysit anyone, right? He has played so much of cricket. Everyone has given him inputs. At the end of the day, it’s his job to figure out things for himself. And he has also done it in the past. It's not that he hasn’t,” he said.
Detailing his point, Iyer said: “He has to focus. He has to sit back, put a thinking cap on. He will get the answer by himself. No one can force him to do anything.”
Coming back to the match, Mumbai defeated Madhya Pradesh by five wickets to win the tournament after the 2022-23 season. Mumbai's Suryansh Shedge became player of the match and veteran cricketer Ajinkya Rahane was awarded Player of the Tournament.
