Ravi Shastri and Sourav Ganguly have been at loggerheads for quite a while now. Both never leave a single opportunity to take a jibe at each other. Their war of words continues and this time it is over Prithvi Shaw’s batting style. So the 18-year-old Mumbai youngster shattered several records bringing up a maiden ton in his debut and earned praises from many cricket stalwarts including Harbhajan Singh, VVS Laxman, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar and many others. Ravi Shastri went one step ahead and compared the youngster to Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag. Mumbai Police Has a Witty Take on Prithvi Shaw’s Maiden Ton!

Ravi Shastri took to Twitter and put up a picture of Shaw. The caption of the snap read, “Well played young man @PrithviShaw for a free and fearless performance on debut. A bit of Viru and the Master there #INDvsWI.”Prithivi Shaw scores a maiden 100, shatters many records! 

Now, Ganguly was obviously in the know-how of the things and expressed his disagreement with Ravi Shastri. The Bengal tiger congratulated the youngster but also added that he should not be compared to Sehwag, “Don't compare him with Sehwag. Sehwag was an absolute genius. Let him go around the world, I am sure he will get runs in Australia, England and South Africa but don't compare him with Sehwag,” elaborated Ganguly.  The former India captain also said that Shaw could do well in Australia particularly because of the fact that he is a back foot player. “He will go to Australia in a couple of months. I am sure he will do well because he is a good back foot player. You want to see young players doing well."

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