Hope Prithvi Shaw modified his behavior of not batting in nets when he’s not scoring: Ricky Ponting

Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting has revealed that Prithvi Shaw refused to bat within the nets when he hit a nasty patch within the final IPL and hoped that the highly-rated Indian teen has modified his coaching habits “for the better” forward of the upcoming version.
The former Australian skipper has been working with the 21-year-old for the previous two seasons within the Delhi Capitals camp. He recalled how Shaw merely refused to pad up for nets when after scoring two fifties final season, he was hit by a stoop.
“…he had an interesting theory on his batting last year – when he’s not scoring runs, he won’t bat, and when he is scoring runs, he wants to keep batting all the time,” Ponting instructed ‘cricket.com.au’ as his facet geared for the occasion beginning April 9 in Chennai.
“He had 4 or 5 video games the place he made beneath 10 and I’m telling him, ‘We have to go to the nets and work out (what’s improper)’, and he seemed me within the eye and stated, ‘No, I’m not batting at this time’. I couldn’t actually work that out.
“He might have changed. I know he’s done a lot of work over the last few months, that theory that he had might have changed, and hopefully, it has, because if we can get the best out of him, he could be a superstar player”.
Ponting joined the DC squad on March 29 and simply accomplished his week-long quarantine required to enter the IPL bio-bubble.
Ponting stated he didn’t maintain again from giving a chunk of his thoughts to the teen final 12 months however he “stuck to his word” and didn’t observe in direction of the enterprise finish of the match.
“I was going pretty hard at him. I was basically telling him, ‘Mate you’ve got to get in the nets. Whatever you think you’re working on, is not working for you’,” he remembered telling him.
“It’s my job as a coach to problem somebody’s preparation in the event that they’re not getting outcomes.
“So I challenged him and he stuck to his word and he didn’t practice much at all towards the back-end of the tournament, and didn’t get many runs towards the back-end of the tournament either.”
However, Ponting is assured that Shaw will make it large internationally.
“Maybe (his training habits) have changed for the better, because (his success) won’t just be for the Delhi Capitals, I’m sure you’ll see him play a lot of cricket for India as well in the coming years,” stated Ponting.
Ponting stated there are seen similarities between Shaw and the good Sachin Tendulkar, proper all the way down to their diminutive frames.
“He’s diminutive in the (Sachin) Tendulkar sort of mould but hits the ball incredibly powerfully off front and back foot, and plays spin really well,” he stated.
Shaw heads to the IPL on the again of a sensational Vijay Hazare Trophy marketing campaign with champions Mumbai. Leading the facet to victory, he scored 4 centuries and ended the match as the highest scorer.
“If we are able to get him to take that type that he’s simply proven into the IPL, it simply makes the stability on our Delhi Capital facet so good.
“If (the penny) does drop, I’m not sure I’ve seen many more talented players than him in my whole time of playing the game,” Ponting stated.