Famous Australian batting coach Neil D’Costa is against the idea of ​​introducing young opening batsman Sam Konstas into international cricket and feels that Cricket Australia (CA) should tread lightly, taking India’s Prithvi Shaw as an example. Konstas has been in terrific form in the ongoing Sheffield Shield tournament.

The 19-year-old has scored 302 runs in two matches so far in the ongoing season for New South Wales and has recorded an average of 75.50 with his two centuries. Konstas’ blistering form has sparked talk of quickly signing him into the Australian Test squad for the upcoming five-match Test series against India.

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But Neil D’Costa feels introducing him to Test cricket early could have shortened his career from 100 matches to just 10.

“He can be a good player for 100 Tests. If they put him in now he can only play 10 Tests. Let him understand the ground (in Australia), understand the flows (of the game), understand himself and understand the game. “If he is good enough, he will get the runs and get involved in the team a bit ” D’Costa said by the ‘Sydney Morning Herald’.

It’s ridiculous to rush him. How is Prithvi Shaw doing?: D’Costa

Speaking further, D’Costa called the idea ‘ridiculous’, citing the example of Prithvi Shaw.

“This is ridiculous (talking about rushing him). How is Prithvi Shaw doing? “I could see their weaknesses before they went in,” he added.

Especially, touted as the next Sachin Tendulkar Shaw made a great start to his career with a century in the first Test match against the West Indies in 2018 and also won the Player of the Match award. He finished his first series as the leading run-scorer with 237 runs from three innings. However, despite a promising start, he failed to take his place in the team in the subsequent innings and has not played for the national team for the last three years.

Lately, Shaw was also omitted from Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy squad. For fitness and discipline issues. For this reason, the 24-year-old player has not been able to reveal his potential so far in his career.