The young Indian protege, Prithvi Shaw, who returned to the cricket field after facing a suspension of 8 months, went ion to play a dominating knock of 63 runs off 39 balls against Assam in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match at Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. Shaw was playing his first match after he was suspended by the BCCI for accidentally ingesting a prohibited substance, which can be commonly found in cough syrups.

After surpassing the 50-run mark, Shaw made a gesture towards the stands, signaling that he will let his bat do the talking. The young opening batsman smashed seven fours and two maximums en route his fifth half-century in Twenty20 cricket.

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BCCI Domestic’s official Twitter handle posted a video where the young opening batsman can be seen celebrating his half-century. Here is the video of the same:

Welcome back! He is making a comeback today and @PrithviShaw makes it a memorable one with a fine-half century for Mumbai against Assam in @Paytm #MushtaqAliT20. pic.twitter.com/hiBfiElhed

— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) November 17, 2019

Soon after the video was posted on Twitter, fans vented their anger at Prithvi Shaw for his “overconfident gesture”.

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One of the fans tweeted: “This is the problem with the young players. Coming Back from a ban, scoring a half-century against a relatively weaker bowling attack, and then making gestures. They need to learn to be humble. This overconfident kid won’t last long in the international arena. MARK MY WORDS”.

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Another fan wrote: “Against Asam and attitude omg. I definitely got many ducks in international while making a comeback. When bat speak no need to tell anything by mouth”.

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A fan even compared Shaw with Vinod Kable as he wrote: “Shaw is so overrated. Shaw is the next Kambli. He will throw it away with this kind of poor attitude and arrogance”.

Shaw is so overrated. Shaw is the next Kambli. He will throw it away with this kind of poor attitude and arrogance.

— Raghav Nelli (@rnelli) November 17, 2019

In the match, Mumbai was put in to bat by Assam who had won the toss. Apart from Shaw and Tare, a quick-fire 32 from Siddesh Lad towards the end helped Mumbai post 206 for five in their 20 overs.

Assam, in reply, could only manage 123 for eight from their 20 overs as Mumbai took four crucial points from their last group stage fixture.