India’s injured opening batsman Prithvi Shaw is stepping up his unlikely bid to return to action in the second Test against Australia. Shaw, who suffered an ankle injury while fielding in India’s tour game on November 29, resumed running on Monday.
The 19-year-old is still wearing a protective brace on his left ankle but jogged around Adelaide Oval as his teammates prepared for Monday’s final day of play in the first Test.
The Indian camp still rate Shaw an unlikely starter in the second Test starting in Perth on Friday, with a return in the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne more likely.
“With youth on his side there might just be a case where he might recover quicker,” Indian coach Ravi Shastri said last week.
“We’ll make a call as and when we get closer to Perth.”
Shaw is considered one of India’s most exciting batting prospects and has already been dubbed the “next Sachin Tendulkar”.
Shaw, who turned 19 on November 8, made his Test debut in the two-game series against West Indies last October. He won the man-of-the-series award, making 134 – becoming the youngest Indian to score a century on Test debut – followed by 70 and 33.
