Prithvi Shaw suffers a setback as knee injury ends his Northamptonshire stint

Prithvi Shaw (Pic: @NorthantsCCC/Twitter)

Prithvi Shaw on Wednesday was ruled out of the remainder of his stint with Northamptonshire, owing to a knee injury he suffered while fielding against Durham.

Shaw had made an unbeaten 125 off 76 balls in that match on August 13 as Northamptonshire cruised to a six-wicket win.

"Prithvi injured his knee and subsequent scan results received this morning have revealed the injury is worse than initially expected", the Northamptonshire stated in a media release.

The 23-year-old Shaw made significant impact during his short stint with the side.

In his four innings, he scored two hundreds, including a 244 off 153 balls against Somerset on August 9, which is currently the second-highest List A score in England, which lead Northants to an 87-run victory.

After four games, he had run totals of 125', 26 and 34 in his other three innings, making him the leading run-getter(429 runs)

John Sadler, the head coach of Northamptonshire, said it was a massive disappointment to let go of a player like Shaw.

"In his short stint Prithvi has made a huge impact on us as a club. It's a huge shame he won't be with us for the remainder of this competition." Sadler said

"Shaw made a huge impact in the Northamptonshire dressing room as well. His performances on the field he had a huge impact in our dressing room. Nobody wanted to win games more than him and he contributed to us doing so. We wish him well and hope to see him scoring runs again soon," he added.

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The injury occurred just as Shaw's career was starting to pick up steam after a disappointing IPL 2023 which also

If Shaw fails to qualify for the Rest of India squad for the Irani Cup match against Ranji Trophy champions Saurashtra, he could be seen in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (T20s) in October.