Prithvi Shaw had posted a heartbreak emoticon on his Instagram story soon after going unsold twice in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 auction, but when Delhi Capitals added him for Rs 75 lakh, the 26-year-old player had to delete his Insta story.

The base price of Prithvi Shaw was Rs 75 lakh. His name appeared in the accelerated auction of unsold players. However, once again during the day no one bought them. After this Shaw posted a story on his Instagram account, in which he wrote ‘It’s OK’. Along with this, Shaw also added a heartbreak emoji.

After some time, his name came up for the third time at the end of the auction. Eventually, Delhi Capitals bought him. Shaw deleted his previous post within six minutes and instead posted a picture of himself taking a selfie with Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel.

Prithvi Shaw titled this new post with a heart emoji – “Returning to my family.”

26-year-old Prithvi Shaw has played 5 Test and 6 ODI matches for India since making his debut against West Indies in October 2018. On July 25, 2021, he played a T20 match for India, after which he did not get a chance in any international match again.

Prithvi Shaw has played IPL only for Delhi Capitals since 2018. He scored 1,892 runs in 79 matches at an average of 23.94. During this period, 14 half-centuries came from Shaw’s bat.

This right-handed batsman scored 479 runs in IPL 2021 at an average of 31.93, which also included 4 half-centuries.

Prithvi Shaw scored 339 runs for India in 5 Test matches with 1 century and 2 half-centuries, while he scored 189 runs in 6 ODI matches. Shaw could not open his account in the only T20 match of his career.

Indian batsman Prithvi Shaw was in the first set of IPL auction, his base price was Rs 75 lakh but no team bought him. Australia’s explosive batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk also remained unbeaten in the first set. Devon Conway, who played for Chennai Super Kings, has also remained unsold.

The first player to be sold in the IPL 2026 auction is David Miller, who was bought by Delhi Capitals. Delhi bought him for his base price of Rs 2 crore. Let us tell you that the players who remained unsold in the first set of auction can come again in the accelerator round, if the teams give their names.

Sarfaraz Khan also remained unsold

Sarfaraz Khan also remained unsold in the first set, his base price was also only Rs 75 lakh. In the first set, Cameron Green got a record price, he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 25.20 crore. The base price of Australian player Green was Rs 2 crore, now he has become the most expensive player in the history of IPL auction.

Australia’s ace batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk and England’s all-rounder Gus Atkinson also remained unsold in the first set, their base price was Rs 2 crore.

Squad can be of maximum 25 players

Indian Premier League 2026 will be the 19th edition of the tournament, for which the auction is taking place today. All 10 teams had released their retention list on 15th of last month (November). Let us tell you that there can be a maximum of 25 players in a team. The auction process is taking place in Abu Dhabi today to fill the remaining slots of the team.

ipl 2026 teams

Delhi Capitals, Punjab Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Lucknow Super Giants, Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Titans, Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s bat finally made its debut in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Suryavanshi scored a brilliant century, but his team Bihar lost. Actually, on Tuesday, there was a match between Bihar and Maharashtra in the 2025 Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. In this match, Prithvi Shaw’s team Maharashtra won in the last over.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi played an unbeaten inning of 108 runs in 61 balls. 7 fours and 7 sixes came from his bat. Thanks to Suryavanshi’s century, Bihar scored 176 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Prithvi Shaw’s Maharashtra won the match with five balls remaining in the last over. Shaw scored a spectacular 66 runs in 30 balls. 11 fours and one six came from his bat.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi has been retained by Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals bought 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi for Rs 1.10 crore in the IPL 2025 auction. Vaibhav performed beyond expectations and also scored a stormy century. Seeing Vaibhav’s explosive batting, the whole world became his fan. Rajasthan has also retained Vaibhav for IPL 2026.

Prithvi Shaw did not play IPL 2025, remained unsold in the auction

Prithvi Shaw, who was once called a mixture of Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, did not play in IPL 2025. Actually, he was not sold in the mega auction of IPL 2025, but after this he has improved a lot in his fitness. Shaw has been scoring runs continuously in domestic cricket for quite some time now. Shaw is also performing well in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy this year. In such a situation, this time he can be sold in the mini auction of IPL 2026. Shaw was a part of the Delhi Capitals team before being unsold, but this time many teams can bid on Shaw. He has debuted for India in all three formats.

Prithvi Shaw, one of the most talented players of Indian cricket, has been away from international cricket for a long time. The limit was crossed last year, when no team bought him in the IPL 2025 auction. However, Shaw is determined to make a comeback with a strong performance. He is continuously scoring runs in domestic cricket. Meanwhile, Prithvi Shaw’s fortunes have suddenly changed. He has been made the captain of Maharashtra team for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Prithvi Shaw got captaincy in place of Ruturaj Gaikwad

Let us tell you that earlier the captain of Maharashtra for the 2025-26 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was Rituraj Gaikwad, but Gaikwad has been selected in Team India for the ODI series against South Africa. In such a situation, now the captaincy has been handed over to Prithvi Shaw in his place.

Surprisingly, Maharashtra Cricket Association has not announced any vice-captain yet. According to the report of Sportstar, the board has decided to include Prithvi Shaw in the team in place of Gaikwad. The official announcement will be made on November 24, just two days before Maharashtra plays its first match against Jammu and Kashmir.

Prithvi Shaw remained unsold in IPL 2025 auction

Prithvi Shaw, who played 5 Tests, 6 ODIs and one T20 match for India, remained unsold in the IPL 2025 auction. He has played 79 IPL matches. Shaw has 1892 runs in his name in IPL. He has played for Delhi in IPL for a long time. Shaw played the only T20 International match for India in 2021. The last Test was played in 2020 and the last ODI was played in 2021. His last match in IPL was in 2024. Looking at Prithvi Shaw’s form in domestic cricket, it would not be wrong to say that he can be sold in the mini auction of IPL 2026. If Shaw performs well in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he may return to the IPL.

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Prithvi Shaw, once considered the future star of Team India, is once again in the headlines. He was struggling continuously for the last few months. He neither got a place in IPL nor a way to return to Team India. Now in Ranji Trophy 2025, he has created such a storm with his bat that even the critics have been stunned.

New beginning from Maharashtra

After being released from Delhi Capitals, no team bought Prithvi Shaw in the IPL 2025 auction. Along with this, the home team Mumbai also did not give him a chance. In such a situation, he decided to play for Maharashtra and this decision could prove to be a turning point in his career.

In the Ranji Trophy match against Chandigarh, Prithvi Shaw scored a century in just 72 balls in the second innings. During this period his strike rate was more than 143. Shaw’s innings included 18 fours and 1 six. He is not out after scoring 117 runs and is completely dominating the opposition bowlers.

Happiness of century came after 20 months

Prithvi Shaw has scored a century in first class cricket after almost 20 months. Earlier, he had scored a century for Mumbai in February 2024. Last week he had a disappointing start against Kerala. Shaw was out for zero in the first innings. After this, Shaw showed everyone that he was not finished yet by scoring a half-century and now a explosive century.

Sixth fastest century in Ranji history

By scoring a century in just 72 balls, Prithvi Shaw has made the record of the sixth fastest century in the history of Ranji Trophy. This is a glimpse of his aggressive game.

A look at international career

Prithvi Shaw has played 5 Tests, 6 ODIs and 1 T20 match for India. His only international century came in his Test debut against West Indies. After this, continuous form and fitness problems affected his career.

Five Players Now Impossible To Return To Team India: The Indian team has gone to Australia tour, where Team India will play 3-match ODI and 5-match T20 International series. On October 19, the Indian team played the first ODI match, in which Team India had to face defeat by 7 wickets (DLS Method). Team India’s second ODI match will be played on 23 October at Adelaide Oval. After the Australia tour, the Indian team has to face South Africa at home, where all eyes will be on the team selection. Five star players were not selected in the team for the Australia tour, after which the return of these five players to Team India now seems impossible.

Return of these 5 players in the Indian team is now impossible

1- Ajinkya Rahane

India’s top-order batsman Ajinkya Rahane has so far scored 5077 runs in 85 Test matches, 2962 runs in 90 ODI matches and 375 runs in 20 T20 International matches in his career. Rahane played his last match for Team India in the Test match against West Indies on 20-24 July 2023.

2- Mohammed Shami

Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami has so far taken 229 wickets in 64 Test matches, 206 wickets in 108 ODI matches and 27 wickets in 25 T20 International matches in his career. Whereas Shami played his last match for Team India on 9 March 2025 in the ODI match against New Zealand.

3- Prithvi Shaw

India’s opening batsman Prithvi Shaw has so far scored 339 runs in 5 Test matches, 189 runs in 6 ODI matches and 0 runs in only 1 T20 International match in his career. Prithvi played his last match for Team India on 25 July 2021 in the T20 International match against Sri Lanka.

4- Vijay Shankar

India’s all-rounder Vijay Shankar has so far scored 223 runs in 12 ODI matches and 101 runs in 9 T20 Internationals in his career. Vijay played his last match for Team India on 27 June 2019 in the ODI against West Indies.

5- Venkatesh Iyer

India’s left-handed batsman Venkatesh Iyer has so far scored 24 runs in 2 ODI matches and 133 runs in 9 T20 International matches in his career. Venkatesh played his last match for Team India on 27 February 2022 in the T20 International against Sri Lanka.

Indian all-rounder Shivam Dubey is in tremendous form these days. After leading India to the title win in the Asia Cup, he has now wreaked havoc with the bat in domestic cricket as well. In the practice match between Mumbai and Maharashtra played in Pune, Dubey gave such a stormy performance that the bowlers were stunned.

Century in 62 balls, 9 sixes and 5 fours

Playing for Mumbai, Shivam Dubey scored a century in just 62 balls. His innings included 9 sixes and 5 fours. The way he batted, the opposition team was completely on the back foot. The most special moment came when he hit four consecutive sixes in the same over of left-arm spinner Hitesh Walunj.

Dubey came to the crease at a time when the Mumbai team was under pressure after losing the first two wickets. Captain Hardik Tamore also retired hurt after scoring 24 runs. In such a situation, Dubey took charge and scored runs at a strike rate of 160.

Prithvi Shaw scored 181 runs, but caught in controversy

In this match, Prithvi Shaw from Maharashtra also burst on fire with the bat and scored a brilliant 181 runs. However, his innings later got embroiled in controversies. Actually, during the match, he had a fight with Mumbai player Musheer Khan (younger brother of Sarfaraz Khan).

According to the information, Prithvi Shaw got angry after getting out and he picked up the bat and ran towards Musheer. The atmosphere on the field became heated and the argument between the two players started increasing. The umpire and team management somehow pacified the matter by intervening. The investigation of this incident has now been handed over to former Indian cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar.

Warning message received before Ranji

This three-day practice match played before the start of Ranji Trophy was in discussion in many ways. On one hand, Shivam Dubey’s stormy batting attracted everyone’s attention, while on the other hand, Prithvi Shaw’s aggressive attitude disappointed. This form of Shivam is a big indication for the Indian team that this all-rounder can prove to be a match-winning player in the coming season also.

Prithvi Shaw has apologized to Musheer Khan. There was a fight on the field on the first day of the friendly red-ball match played between Mumbai and Maharashtra at the MCA Stadium. Prithvi Shaw, who had played the role of opening batsman in the Indian team, picked up his bat and ran towards Musheer Khan after completing his century. Shaw was heavily criticized on this controversy, but now the report of Times of India has revealed that he has apologized.

On the third day of the match, Prithvi Shaw went to Musheer Khan after the dismissal of his opening partner Arshin Kulkarni. Shaw placed his hand on Musheer’s shoulder and spoke. Looking at him it seemed as if he was talking in a friendly manner. During this conversation, Musheer also kept his hand on Prithvi’s waist. Shaw is known for his angry style and in the past too he has been embroiled in controversies due to his anger and attitude.

Sources believe that Prithvi Shaw realized his mistake, after which he went to Musheer Khan and apologized to him. According to the report, Prithvi said, ‘I am like your elder brother.’ It was told that now everything is fine between the two. Let us tell you that Prithvi Shaw and Musheer’s elder brother Sarfaraz Khan are childhood friends and have known each other for a long time.

Sarfaraz and Prithvi used to be roommates in Rizvi Springfield School and Mumbai team also. Although Shaw is now playing for Maharashtra team. Talking about this friendly match, Prithvi Shaw, while playing for Maharashtra, played an inning of 181 runs in 220 balls in the first innings. He made a record partnership of 305 runs with Arshin Kulkarni. Kulkarni also played a memorable inning of 186 runs in the first innings.

Prithvi shaw Raised a bat and held the collar Of his opponent’s Teammate musheer Khan while match between Mumbai vs Maharashtra video goes viral(Musheer Khan sledged as ”Thank You” At prithvi shaw after taking wicket) pic.twitter.com/BxwDNDXv2S

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Prithvi Shaw Big Controversies: Prithvi Shaw is being known more for controversies than his cricket career. Whenever Prithvi is seen in better form, then the story of his anger comes to the fore. In anger, Prithvi even got into a fight with a girl on the street, and it even reached the point of physical violence. Now Prithvi was once again seen getting angry on the field. Prithvi hit the bowler who dismissed himself with his bat on the middle ground. There have been many such big controversies in Prithvi’s cricket career so far.

4 big controversies of Prithvi Shaw

Prithvi Shaw remains in the headlines more because of controversies than his sports. Prithvi escalates the controversy so much that even the police tightens the noose on him.

• Prithvi Shaw is also in trouble due to doping test. In 2019, Prithvi had failed the doping test, due to which BCCI had banned him for eight months. Prithvi had said in his clarification that there was something in the cough syrup due to which he failed the doping test.
• Prithvi went for a walk with his friends even after everything was closed during the Corona period. Due to this action, Prithvi Shaw along with his friends were caught by the police. This matter was also much discussed.
• Prithvi Shaw came into limelight in 2023 because of a fight with a girl. A girl, who was a social media influencer, wanted to take a selfie with Prithvi, but this player first had a fight with her, then the matter went to a fight. The video of this fight of Prithvi Shaw went very viral.
• Now once again Prithvi has come in the news because of his anger. Ranji Trophy 2025-26 Prithvi, playing for Maharashtra, played an inning of 181 runs against Mumbai, but he could not score a double century after getting out on the ball of Musheer Khan. While Musheer was celebrating after taking the wicket, Prithvi got angry and raised his bat and hit him. The umpire intervened and handled the fight.

Prithvi Shaw’s cricketing career

Prithvi Shaw’s name echoed from Mumbai’s Azad Maidan at the age of 14, when this player played an inning of 546 runs. In this innings, Prithvi had hit 85 fours and 5 sixes. Five years later, at the age of 19, Prithvi got a place in Team India, but this player could not capitalize on this opportunity. Prithvi has played 5 Tests, 6 ODIs and 1 T20 match so far in his international career.

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