Impact Player Prithvi Shaw Has an Unimpactful Outing; Goes For a Three-ball Duck
Shaw has failed big time in the IPL 2023 thus far (AP Photo)
As expected, Delhi Capitals have brought in their dashing batter Prithvi Shaw as the Impact Player, after dropping from the Playing party. However, it wasn't a merry outing for the Delhi opener as he got a cracker of a delivery from Trent Boult in the first over itself.
Rajasthan Royal's star seamer then dismissed Manish Pandey on the successive delivery; however, the left-armer failed to take the first hattrick of the season as Rilee Rossouw somehow survived an outswinger.
Shaw got a screamer from Boult, and it followed up with a fantabulous diving catch by the keeper Sanju Samson, but he could have been negated as it was yet again a classical Shaw dismissal, where there was no foot movement.
Just like this dismissal, the ongoing season has been a miserable one for the prolific batter, as he hasn't failed to find rhythm in the tournament, with drama rolling in his personal life.
So far, he has just scored 19 runs after three innings, at an average of 6.33 with his strike rate reading 111.76.
At the moment, Delhi have captain David Warner and explosive Rilee Rossouw in the middle, but they have a mammoth mountain of 200 runs to chase.
Things seem difficult for the visitors at the moment, as blitz from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler and a double-wicket over from Boult put Delhi miles ahead in the game.
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