India, Nov. 28 -- There is perhaps no player in Indian cricket who has more to prove than Prithvi Shaw. Once considered the future of the Indian team, fitness and discipline issues have gradually forced Shaw to recede from the focus of things, as he lost his spot in the IPL after going unsold in the 2025 auction, and has gone 4 years since last representing the national team.

Having left Mumbai to join Maharashtra in domestic cricket, Shaw will believe he now has the platform to try and earn his way back into the focus by the merit of his bat doing the talking. In Maharashtra's second match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Shaw got the chance to lead the team against Hyderabad, and left his mark with a solid half-century.

In a 36-ball in...