Delhi Capitals has had a very poor start in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season. The team has lost its first two matches. After losing their opener against Punjab Kings in Mullanpur, Delhi faced defeat against Rajasthan at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur. Batsman Prithvi Shaw was not included in both the matches.

Delhi chose Ricky Bhui in his place in the top order and gave a chance to Abhishek Porel in the lower middle order, but he did not get the results as expected. After these two matches, questions are being raised on the place of Ricky Bhui in the team, who has scored only 3 runs in the last two matches. Former cricketers Tom Moody and Wasim Jaffer are also surprised by Delhi’s decision to give a chance to two uncapped batsmen in place of international batsman Prithvi Shaw.

Wasim Jaffer surprised when Prithvi Shaw did not get a chance in the playing XI

On ESPNcricinfo, both Moody and Jaffer expressed their disappointment, saying that these decisions of Delhi do not make any sense. Tom Moody told ESPNcricinfo, “It makes no sense because you have an Indian international player sitting in the dugout. Yes, he has not performed as well as we expected in the IPL. But you can’t score from the dugout.

Wasim Jaffer said, “Now that they have kept him with you and have not allowed him to go to the auction, I am surprised that they are not feeding him. He has played most of the season for Mumbai. So you can imagine he’s fit. I am surprised. Punishing him and then losing the game is not the way to proceed.”

Shaw scored only 106 runs in 8 matches in the last season of the Indian Premier League. This was Shaw’s worst season in the tournament. Recently, Sourav Ganguly had also told why Prithvi Shaw is not getting a chance this season. Sauv Ganguly said that Prithvi Shaw is in the team, but he cannot be played in the middle order.

Let us tell you, Prithvi Shaw has only opened his career so far, so DC does not want to play him in the middle order. Prithvi Shaw is an opening batsman. We have decided to open with Marsh and Warner and Ricky Bhui is a middle-order batsman. That’s why they bat at different positions.