Prithvi Shaw, who made his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut for Delhi Daredevils (DD) on April 23, got a bit emotional on-field after he dropped a catch of a Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) batsman.
The 19-year-old Shaw, who led Indian U-19 to lift the ICC U-19 World Cup earlier this year, dropped the catch of KXIP’s batsman David Miller while fielding at extra cover.
The incident happened in the 15th over of Punjab’s innings when Miller played Amit Mishra’s delivery straight to Shaw at extra cover in the ring, but the debutant got nervous and failed to grab it with both hands.
IPL 2018: Prithvi Shaw cries on-field After dropping catch (Screen Grab)
Following this, Shaw got emotional and couldn’t hold back his tears. His teammate Rishabh Pant was seen consoling him.
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Earlier, Delhi skipper Gautam Gambhir won the toss and opted to field against Punjab at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi.
Delhi, who are playing their first home game, have brought in Dan Christian, Liam Plunkett and Prithvi Shaw, replacing Chris Morris, Jason Roy and Vijay Shankar. Punjab, on the other hand, have replaced Chris Gayle with David Miller.
Meanwhile, Punjab set a 144-run target for Delhi to chase.
Teams:
Delhi Daredevils: Gautam Gambhir (Captain), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (WK), Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Christian, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Liam Plunkett, Shahbaz Nadeem, Harshal Patel, Trent Boult.
Kings XI Punjab: Lokesh Rahul (WK), Aaron Finch, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Yuvraj Singh, David Miller, Ravichandran Ashwin (Captain), Andrew Tye, Barinder Sran, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
