Shaw shines as Kiwis lose warm-up game

Mumbai : Seventeen-year-old Prithvi Shaw gave glimpses of his immense talent as Board President’s XI beat New Zealand by 30 runs in their opening warm-up game here today. Batting first, Board President’s XI scored 295/9 in 50 overs and then bowled out the tourists for 265 in 47.4 overs.
Facing a senior international side for the first time, local boy Shaw scored 66 off 80 balls with nine boundaries and a six. Shaw also shared a 147-run opening stand with KL Rahul, who contributed 68 off 75 balls. Karun Nair, too, made a significant contribution, hitting 78 off just 64 balls. Among the bowlers, Shahbaz Nadeem, who had a good run against New Zealand A recently, stood out with an impressive 3/41.
Shaw impresses
However, the star of the day was Shaw. Initially, it was Rahul who showed more aggression, but it wasn’t long before the youngster took charge. After showcasing a few square cuts, he lofted pacer Adam Milne for a six over covers and then pulled him for a boundary to the mid-wicket region.
Rahul got a reprieve on 41 — he was caught at deep square-leg off a no-ball by Tim Southee. After scoring his half-century, off 62 balls, he threw away his wicket in the 26th over, caught by substitute Henry Nicholls at short fine-leg off Ish Sodhi. Shaw, who brought up his 50 in 62 balls, perished when Nicholls caught him at long-off off Mitchell Santner. Nair, meanwhile, hammered a quickfire half-century, smashing 12 boundaries in his 78-run knock. He was caught at wide long-off by Colin Munro off pacer Trent Boult, who finished with figures of 5/38.