Delhi Capitals did not open their win account, happening to Gujarat Titans of their second match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season. Though there are a number of areas the place Delhi want to enhance if they’re to problem for the title this yr, one of many greatest areas is their top-order batting unit. In phrases of the Indian batters, there stay excessive expectations from Prithvi Shaw, nonetheless, the younger batter has failed to fireplace this season, a lot to the frustration of former India opener Virender Sehwag.

Seghwag, in a chat on Cricbuzz, as per Indian Express, highlighted how poor Shaw’s growth has been since he led the Indian workforce to the U19 World Cup in 2018. Shubman Gill, who was Shaw’s teammate in that event, is taking part in all three codecs for India in the identical timeline.

“He has been dismissed playing those kinds of shots so many times… but he should also learn from his mistakes, right?,” Sehwag mentioned. “Look at Shubman Gill, who played U-19 cricket with him and is now playing Test, ODIs and T20Is for India, but Shaw is still struggling in IPL. He has to make the most of this IPL platform and score runs.

Sehwag also compared Shaw with Ruturaj Gaikwad who has already won the IPL Orange Cap once and is among the leading run-scorers this season as well.

“Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 600 odd runs in an IPL season. Shubman Gill additionally scored huge runs. So even Shaw needs to be constant along with his IPL scores,” Sehwag mentioned, giving shaw a much-needed actuality verify.

Sai Sudharsan‘s half-century and a whirlwind cameo by David Miller powered holders Gujarat Titans to a six-wicket win over Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday.

Chasing 163 for victory on a tricky pitch, Sudharsan (62) and fellow left-hander Miller (31) put together an unbeaten stand of 56 to steer their team home with 11 balls to spare in Delhi.

With AFP inputs