Courage, Hand-Eye Coordination, Shots Make Shaw The Sehwag 2.0

Prithvi Shaw's 24-ball 43 that included nine, well-timed boundaries brought out comparisons with former India opener Virender Sehwag, who himself tweeted a picture of himself, Sachin Tendulkar, an

"You saw that yesterday. He made 43 while the other guy, Shikhar Dhawan scored 86 (not out) but still, Shaw got the man of the match. I think it is the impact of his innings for which people are comparing him with Sehwag. Hand-eye coordination is what made Sehwag great and that is what Shaw has," Amre told IANS.

"Basically, he is a shadow of Sehwag, he is a shadow of Lara because of his high backlift and if he gets consistency, he will be a shadow of Tendulkar. During the IPL, we worked with his footwork because if the footwork is there, he will be more consistent," added Amre.

But Amre warned against going too much into comparisons. "It is not easy to be in Sehwag's shoes. Sehwag got a triple in Test matches not once but twice. But yes, you get a glimpse of Sehwag in him. But for us [coaches and ex-cricketers] it is difficult to compare, because he has his own style," said Amre further.

Sehwag's coach Sharma, however, said that there are some differences. "No two batsmen can be the same. You would agree with it," said Sharma. "Sehwag would start to move the moment he would see the ball getting released. I have been watching Shaw minutely. He is not that perfect [in that]," added Sharma.

Sharma also talked of differences due to Sehwag's experience of having played more overseas. "Though Sehwag used to hit similar shots, he never used to go so low. His bat's sweet spot was slightly higher. It comes out of habit, when you play abroad, you have to keep the sweet spot a bit above," said Sharma.