Some days after the Indian team returned home after the historic Test series win in Australia, a few people gathered inside a room at the Mumbai Cricket Association’s Bandra-Kurla Complex facility. Among them was India and Mumbai opener Prithvi Shaw, former India and Mumbai middle-order batsman Pravin Amre and strength conditioning coach Rajinikanth Sivagnanam.
Amre, who has returned to the Delhi Capitals set-up (this time as an assistant coach), did some plain speaking.
Shaw had played just the one Test in Australia — the first Test at Adelaide — facing just six balls combined in two innings and scoring 0 and 4 respectively. In both the innings, he was bowled through the gate. Before that, he had a disappointing Indian Premier League campaign in 2020 where he just managed 228 runs in 13 games and was dropped during the season. The Test debut against West Indies and the promise he brought with it, looked a distant memory.
Amre decided to show Shaw the mirror. The…
