Consistent Prithvi Shaw can be a part of Mumbai U-23 team: Hattangadi

Former Mumbai skipper Shishir Hattangadi is confident Prithvi Shaw can take his skills to the next level and play for Mumbai's under-23 team. "Whoever the batsman is, if he is in good form you have to pick him for the next level

Shishir Hattangadi

Former Mumbai skipper Shishir Hattangadi is confident Prithvi Shaw can take his skills to the next level and play for Mumbai's under-23 team. "Whoever the batsman is, if he is in good form you have to pick him for the next level.

Super show
They (selectors) should go for it. Taking into consideration Prithvi's current form and consistent performance, he should consider playing now for Mumbai's under-23 team," Hattangadi told mid-day yesterday.

"It is up to the selectors how they feel about someone's progress and about his readiness to face a challenge. It is the selectors' vision, how they think about a player's performance," Hattangadi added.

Hattangadi also advised Shaw to concentrate on scoring runs instead of thinking about selection issues. "I am following his progress only because of his runs on the scorecard, which seems very good and impressive.

He should not worry about his selection because that is never in his hand. He just needs to concentrate on scoring runs," Hattangadi explained.

Class act
Ahmedabad-based Hattangadi played for Mumbai with distinction in the 1980s and early 1990s. He opened with Sunil Gavaskar on quite a few occasions and was a Mumbai selector. He recently applied for a junior national selector's post.

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