Couldn’t believe Prithvi Shaw is just 17, he has a promising career ahead, says Trent Boult 

NEW ZEALAND PACEMAN Trent Boult lavished praise on Prithvi Shaw and reckoned that the youngster has a promising career ahead. 

Prithvi scored 66-runs from 80-balls in Indian Board President’s XI 30-run win against the Kiwis in Brabourne on October 17. Boult divulged that he found it difficult to believe that the young opener is just 17-years-old. Boult said,

“I heard he was 17, I couldn’t quite believe it. He played very nicely. I think the ball swung around nicely at the start, and it didn’t seem to trouble him. He’s probably one of many who has a promising career ahead of him, if all things go well. But very impressed from the first look.”

Boult expressed his disappointment after suffering loss at the hands of BPXI.

“It’s satisfying to re-familiarise ourselves with the conditions here. It was very hot out there this afternoon, but it’s disappointing to not come away with a win. Good opportunities to try different tactics in terms of a bowling plan. To come here and try bowl good line and length against some of the best players in the world is probably not the best recipe in getting them out. Just trying few things. They negated it very nicely, played a few shots.”

Speaking about the upcoming challenge, Boult said, 

“It’s a big challenge for us to step up and hopefully upset a side that’s in very, very good form. You need to be accurate everywhere, the room for error is very small. The batsmen are very talented, they like to hit boundaries and they are able to hit boundaries of your best balls. So the accuracy has to be there, the fitness has to be there to keep delivering.”
 

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