Australia vs India: Prithvi Shaw likely to return for Melbourne Test

India are scheduled to play the first match of the four-match Test series against Australia, which gets underway tomorrow at Adelaide Oval. However, Prithvi Shaw won’t have a chance to take part in the match as well as the one in Perth as he has been ruled out owing to an ankle injury. He twisted his ankle badly during India’s practice match against Cricket Australia XI at Sydney Cricket Ground.

The Mumbai cricketer screeched in pain and strained to even stand on his feet. Subsequently, he had to be carried off from the park. Nevertheless, to his relief, Shaw may make a comeback in the third Test, which will start on Wednesday, December 26 at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Ravi Shastri, the head coach of the Indian cricket team, sounded confident by the progress Shaw is making.

All eyes on Shaw

“It was heartbreaking to see him go down. But the good thing is he’s recovering quickly. He’s already started walking. Hopefully, if we can get him to run a bit by the weekend, that’s really good signs. With youth on his side, there might just be a case where he might recover quicker. We’ll make a call as and when we get closer to Perth,” Shastri was quoted as saying in cricket.com.au.

Shaw was stupendous in the warm-up match as he scored 66 runs from 69 balls with 11 boundaries in the only instance he got to bat in that game. In fact, the 19-year-old had the highest strike-rate among all the batsmen, something which manifested his fearless approach towards the sport. After the incredible knock, Shaw was eventually nipped out by leg-break bowler Daniel Fallins.

A couple of months ago, Prithvi made his debut against Windies in the two-match Test series. In the very first contest itself at SCA Stadium in Rajkot, he churned out his maiden Test century and he didn’t flatter to deceive in Hyderabad as well. Prior to the series, he also got a national call-up in England for the last two Tests but didn’t get an opportunity to put forth his prowess with the bat in hand.

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