Arjun Tendulkar wishes speedy recovery to Prithvi Shaw, shares throwback picture

Star India batter Prithvi Shaw was in fine form during the Royal London One Day Cup 2023 in England as he scored a double hundred and a hundred during the tournament playing for Northamptonshire. However, amid his rich form Shaw suffered a knee injury and got ruled out of the tournament. Following his unfortunate injury, Shaw has received a heartfelt message from Arjun Tendulkar who wished him a speedy recovery.

Notably, Shaw Arjun and Shaw have shared a bond since their teenage days and have a great rapport with each other. Shaw got injured while fielding during the game against Durham during the Group B fixture. However, the 23-year-old scored a magnificent 125* (76) in the second innings to help his side chase down the target of 199 in just 25.4 overs. His innings was studded with 15 fours and seven sixes.

Arjun shared a throwback picture with Shaw on his Instagram story and wrote, “Stay strong buddy wish you a speedy recovery.”

Earlier, in the previous fixture against Somerset, he played a scintillating innings of 244 (153) with the help of 28 fours and 11 sixes in his innings. Courtesy of his mammoth innings, Northamptonshire posted a humongous score of 415/8 in their allotted 50 overs and won the match by 87 runs.

Prithvi Shaw is the highest run scorer of the tournament

With his back-to-back hundreds, Shaw is the highest run scorer of the tournament so far with 429 runs to his name from four innings at an average of 143 and a strike rate of 152.66 with two hundreds. However, his excellent tournament came to a premature end due to injury.

The Maharasthra-born batter had been going through a rough period in his career over the past few months as he had a forgettable season in the IPL 2023 and found himself out of the Indian team. Shaw was determined to turn things around, however, another injury has come as a roadblock in his path towards a team India comeback.