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Prithvi Shaw wants to part ways with the Mumbai Cricket Association. (PTI)
Mumbai opener Prithvi Shaw has informed the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) that he wants to represent another state as ‘professional’ and has sought No Objection Certificate (NOC) from his parent association.
“He has sought NoC from us and we will take decision on it soon,” a source in the MCA confirmed to The Indian Express.
Shaw was dropped by the Mumbai senior selection committee last year from a Ranji Trophy game due to poor fitness and was prescribed a two-week fitness programme prepared by the MCA trainers. The team management had informed MCA that Prithvi Shaw’s body contains 35 percent fat and that he needs rigorous training before he gets back into the side.
It is learnt that Shaw had received offers from two-three states earlier this month. Last October, the selection committee of MCA had taken a call that Shaw needed to shed off a few kilos, if he wants to play for the Mumbai team again. His fitness and form never improved and as a result the selection committee decided to drop him from Vijay Hazare Trophy too which was played in December 2024.
The 25-year-old responded to that sacking, asking what more he needed to do to convince selectors, quoting his List A numbers and promising he would be back, in his social media post. “Tell me God, what more do I have to see.. if 65 innings, 3399 runs at an average of 55.7 with a strike rate of 126, I’m not good enough… but I will keep my faith in you and hopefully people believe in me still… cause I will come back for sure.. Om Sai Ram..”
While Shaw hasn’t played List A in India since the 2022 Vijay Hazare tournament, he turned out for the One Day Cup in England for Northamptonshire county. His last five innings there were 97, 72, 9, 23, 17. When he last played for Mumbai two autumns ago, his last five scores read 32, 54, 39, 51, and 10.
After Mumbai won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy beating Madhya Pradesh in Bengaluru last year, Mumbai captain Shreyas Iyer was asked about Shaw.
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“We can’t babysit anyone, right? He has played so much of cricket. Everyone has given him inputs. At the end of the day, it’s his job to figure out things for himself. And he has also done it in the past. It’s not that he hasn’t. He has to focus. He has to sit back, put a thinking cap on. He will get the answer by himself. No one can force him to do anything,” Shreyas had said.
Shaw didn’t find any buyers in the IPL-2024 auction too, going unsold.
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