Ranji Trophy 2022-23: Twitter erupts after Prithvi Shaw smashes triple century against Assam

Shaw was dismissed by Riyan Parag after scoring 379 runs in the match.

Published - 11 Jan 2023, 11:51 IST | Updated - 11 Jan 2023, 11:32 IST

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Young India opener Prithvi Shaw once again made the headlines after a dominating performance against Assam in the ongoing Ranji Trophy. The 23-year-old has hit a phenomenal triple century (379) in the match and with that, he is once again trending all over social media.

His knock against the Gokul Sharma-led side is also the highest by any Mumbai cricketer in the history of this tournament. This is also the second-highest individual score ever in the tournament. He kept the bowlers under pressure right from the start and managed to keep his strike rate close to 100, which can be considered as phenomenal in the longest format of the game.

Now, just when Shaw was expected to score his maiden quadruple-century, Riyan Parag got the better of him. He failed to connect the ball as it hit his pad and was later given LBW by the umpire.

Notably, ever since Shaw has been axed from the national team, he has played some brilliant cricket in the domestic circuit but never got another opportunity to make a comeback. With this knock, he surely will be knocking on the selectors’ door and will be hoping to get into the Indian team in the upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy.

Here's how Twitter reacted -

If Brendon Mccullum becomes the head coach of Indian cricket team, the first name on the team sheet will be Prithvi Shaw#PrithviShaw #IndianCricketTeam
— Cricketloveruae (@lovecricketuae) January 11, 2023

It's heartbreaking to see how consistently Prithvi Shaw is scoring runs in Domestic Cricket still Selectors are ignoring him. What more prithvi shaw can do? He is scoring so many runs, isn't that enough? pic.twitter.com/tzuOivQ4p9
— Cricket With Laresh (@Lareshhere) January 11, 2023

Pehle hi Sarfaraz aur SKY Ranji main itne acche performances de rahe the, now Prithvi Shaw has also joined them
— Vinesh Prabhu (@vlp1994) January 11, 2023

Fantastic inning from prithvi shaw in ranji trophy 379 in 383 balls ❤️ Great start of the year by young man 🔥#PrithviShaw pic.twitter.com/jvrbJxOi75
— Shivam Dubey (@ShivamDubey45) January 11, 2023

Prithvi shaw team me aake hi manega
— Vaibhav Hatwal ◟̽◞̽ 🤧 (@vaibhav_hatwal) January 11, 2023

Highest score in Ranji Trophy:

443* - BB Nimbalkar (Maharashtra) v Kathiawar, 1948
379 - Prithvi Shaw (Mumbai) v Assam, 2023
377 - Sanjay Manjrekar (Mumbai) v Hyderabad, 1991
366 - MV Sridhar (Hyderabad) v Andhra, 1994
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) January 11, 2023

Prithvi Shaw today:

•Highest individual score for Mumbai.
•2nd highest individual score in Ranji.
•326 balls triple hundred in Ranji.
•His first triple hundred in FC.
•He smashed 49 fours & 4 Sixes.
•3rd Indian player to score 300 in FC, 200 in List A, 100 in T20 Cricket. pic.twitter.com/FhPBYhXIjF
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) January 11, 2023