Twitter Reactions: Prithvi Shaw bags a second-ball duck in Pink ball Test in Adelaide

The much-awaited Test series between Australia and India commenced on Thursday. The visitors won the toss and opted to bat first. India had announced the playing XI 24 hours before the toss itself displaying the confidence in their players ahead of the opener. Despite not scoring much in the warm-up games in four innings, they stuck with the dynamic opening batsman Prithvi Shaw.

And the move didn’t pay off for Team India as they lost Shaw in the very first over itself. He played on a length delivery straight on to his stumps trying to drive a ball very early in the innings. It was a perfect ball to induce a shot off the batsman and Prithvi Shaw fell into the trap straightaway. The stumps shattered much to the delight of Mitchell Starc and his teammates along with the fans.

The Indian fans, however, weren’t pleased at all with the way the team started the Test. They lashed out at Prithvi Shaw for not contributing anything to the total and getting out cheaply yet again.

Fans ask why Gill and Rahul didn’t play

There were calls for KL Rahul or Shubman Gill to include in the playing XI ahead of the Test series. Moreover, Prithvi Shaw wasn’t looking in the best of nicks based on the way he batted in the four innings. For the same reason, the fans and certain experts were of the opinion that India should start with Shubman Gill or KL Rahul as an opener along with Mayank Agarwal.

The tourists are missing Rohit Sharma who will not play the first two Tests having just reached Australia. He is currently undergoing mandatory 14-day quarantine and will be available for the last two matches of the series. As far as India is concerned, they will be hoping to recover from early blow and put up a decent total on the board in the first innings. Australia, however, will be keen on making further inroads to put more pressure on the opposition.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

Cricket experts to Prithvi shaw when he gets out on Swing bowling #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/bIugeOAyUT

— Ssrfan (@Ssrfan478780364) December 17, 2020

#PrithviShaw bagged a two ball duck India lost the wicket in very first over #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/LbaAGVkPF7

— akhil_reddy (@imakhi_reddy) December 17, 2020

India loss @PrithviShaw in the second ball of the test match.Indian team is struggling without hitman in the opening partnership #INDvAUS .We miss you @ImRo45

— Vijaysarathi (@ImSaraRo45) December 17, 2020

Wicket on 2nd ball …

Everyone to Starc :- #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/PcWm34c7O3

— 💲💔〽️ (@Samcasm7) December 17, 2020

#Shaw back in form Clean Bold Just On Second Ball Of The Match !!!😒😒#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/TTFT5litdq

— Lelouch Lamperouge (@LelouchL11) December 17, 2020

Its proved Shaw was wrong selection in the squad ahead of Gill and Rahul. Overrated player @PrithviShaw @BCCI #INDvAUS

— Kannappan Jayakumar (@jay_kannappan) December 17, 2020

#INDvAUS @BCCI @imVkohli @RaviShastriOfc I really dont understand the Team selection for 1st Test ?? Prithuvi shaw and Wridhiman at this form in team showing expected results at the start of day 1.@BCCI needs to give break to think tanker Virat and so called great coach Ravi ji

— ankit srivastav (@Ankit999Ankit) December 17, 2020

Well played sir #PrithviShaw #INDvAUS

— Truth (@truth_by_zombie) December 17, 2020

Another wasted opportunity. #PrithviShaw #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/Xv9NcTxteS

— Mohammedshafeek M (@mmoshaf) December 17, 2020

You can't hit early boundaries in the onset on the Australian wicket you need to understand the wicket! @RealShubmanGill major missing!#PrithviShaw#INDvAUS

— Aryan Pandey (@imaryan_1828) December 17, 2020

Well done @RaviShastriOfc and @imVkohli on selecting Out of form Shaw for the imp test. Everyone knew he was not in a position to survive for 10balls but our greatest brains selected him only because he is from Delhi ? #INDvAUS @BCCI shastri should resign

— Thunder (@Thunder_Tweetz) December 17, 2020

Phew… @PrithviShaw is a sitting duck in Indian Squad #INDvAUS #PrithviShaw

— Mayur Khairnar (@Ajinkyan4615) December 17, 2020