The young Indian batting sensation Prithvi Shaw was called to the National side almost after 2 years. The batter had his last T20I appearance against Sri Lanka in 2021 but he got a call for the T20I series against New Zealand looking at his good form. However, Shaw did not get any chance and he was benched as Shubman Gill was the man to open the innings for India in the series which they won by a margin of 2-1.
In that series against NZ, Gill struggled for the first two matches but Indian skipper Hardik Pandya and coach Rahul Dravid backed gill. And after scoring 7 and 11 in the first two matches respectively, Gill came with a solid punch and smashed 126* in the final match played in Ahemdabad.
While speaking to News24, Shaw said that getting a place in the Indian squad mattered the most for him rather than making a place in the Indian playing XI.
“I felt really nice coming back into the T20I squad, to meet the players and train with them. I enjoyed that bit. Yes I did not get an opportunity but was given the chance of making a comeback, that mattered,” he said.
“It all depended on them, when to play when not to, but I respected that because probably they wanted to give the person before me a bit longer run. But again, I don’t regret that. I will keep on looking for opportunities because I have a list of goals I want to achieve with the Indian team,” he added.
When it was asked why he got so many months to make a comeback in the team, Shaw said,“I kept on scoring runs. I felt if that was not enough then I have to score more and more…then I scored 379. It was just my day and I felt I will not let go of this opportunity. Sometimes it just tends to hit you that why I am not in the Indian team for so long despite all the efforts…but it’s never too late.”
