The fiery Delhi Capitals (DC) opener Prithvi Shaw has just had this underlying fever for a previous couple of weeks and is unlikely to be featured in the playing XI for the team’s last two league matches, assistant coach Shane Watson said on Thursday. Shaw missed the team’s last three games for DC.

However, after Delhi’s win against Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday, DC skipper Rishabh Pant said Prithvi Shaw could be suffering from typhoid. The fiery opener who had been down with a fever and admitted to a hospital, last played on May 1, against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).

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Talking about the same during a recent chat with the Grade Cricketer, Shane Watson said, “I don’t know his diagnosis exactly. But he has just had this underlying fever for the previous couple of weeks, which they’ve had to really get to the bottom of it to find out exactly what it was.”

Explaining it further, “It’s not looking great for him to be available for the last couple of games, which is a big shame because he is an incredibly skillful young batter, taking the best bowlers in the world down a lot of the time. It’s a big loss for us to not have him. For the last couple of weeks he has been under the weather. Hopefully, he gets back to full health soon, but unfortunately, it’s not going to be in time for the minimum of the last two games that we’ve got.”

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After being hospitalized, Prithvi Shaw had himself shared an Instagram post from his hospital bed, saying he is hopeful of coming back soon. DC had suffered another blow when one of their net bowlers tested positive for Covid-19 last week.