While former Indian players and coaches are after Parthiv Shaw after he went unsold in the IPL mega auction, overseas cricketers are rallying behind the young batter. Shaw has been hogging the limelight for all the wrong reasons.

He was dropped from Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy team after failures with the bat and a casual approach towards the practice session. The right-handed batter returned for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, but the outcomes have been ordinary.

Pietersen took to X to urge the close ones to help the talented batter.

“Some of the greatest sports stories are COMEBACK stories. If Prithvi Shaw has decent people around him who care about his long term success, they’d sit him down, tell him to get off social media & train his absolute backside off in getting super fit. It’ll get him back into the correct path where past success can return. Too talented to throw it all away. Love, KP,” he wrote on X.

Earlier, legendary Australian batter Greg Chappell wrote a letter to Shaw, requesting him to believe in himself and work on his game and fitness. He told the Indian player to contact him if any help was needed.

The 25-year-old has been accused of taking cricket for granted and giving importance to parties and lavish lifestyle.