Pictures of the week: From Prithvi Shaw’s double ton to MS Dhoni’s adorable moment

The second week of August witnessed several memorable moments taking place in the cricketing world. Scotland qualified for the U-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup by defeating Italy in the final. Indian skipper Rohit Sharma visited the holy shrine of Tirupati Balaji ahead of Asia Cup 2023. Meanwhile, Prithvi Shaw scored a scintillating double hundred in the Royal London One Day Cup in England.

Here are the best pictures to roundoff an entertaining week in cricket:

1. KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer sweating it out on the road to India comeback

Kl Rahul and Shreyas Iyer. (Photo Source: Instagram)

Rishabh Pant shared a video of India batters Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul batting at the National Cricket Academy as they prepare for their comeback in the team.

2. Scotland qualifies for U-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup

Scoltand. (Photo Source: ICC)

Scotland squad pose with the trophy as they qualified for the ICC U-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup after defeating Italy by 151 runs in the final.

3. Prithvi Shaw slams a double ton in Royal London One Day Cup

Prithvi Shaw. (Photo Source: Twitter)

India batter Prithvi Shaw raises his bat after scoring a magnificent half century in the Royal London One Day Cup 2023. The 23-year-old played an extraordinary innings of 244 from mere 153 balls with 28 fours and 11 huge sixes.

4. Kusal Mendis does an ‘MS Dhoni’

Kusal Mendis (Photo Source: Twitter)

Kusal Mendis performed an ‘MS Dhoni style’ run out to dismiss Lahiru Samarakoon during a Lanka Premier League 2023 clash between Dambulla Aura and Galle Titans.

5. Snake makes the second appearance in Lanka Premier League 2023

Snake (Photo Source: Twitter/LPL)

A snake was spotted for the second time in the Lanka Premier League 2023 during Match 15 between Jaffna Kings and B-Love Kandy at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.

6. Rohit Sharma visits Tirupati Balaji

Rohit Sharma (Photo Source : Twitter)

The Indian skipper Rohit Sharma was spotted visiting the holy shrine of Tirupati Balaji along with his family to take blessings of the almighty ahead of important upcoming tournaments namely Asia Cup and ODI World Cup 2023.

7. MS Dhoni’s adorable moment with a kid

MS Dhoni. (Photo Source: Instagram/bajaj.sumeetkumar)

MS Dhoni shared an adorable moment as he was spotted clicking photos with kids of his tennis partner and professional tennis player Sumeet Kumar Bajaj.

8. Virat Kohli sweats it out in the gym even on a holiday

Virat Kohli. (Photo Source: Twitter)

Star India batter Virat Kohli shared a video of him sweating it out in the gym and captioned the post ‘Chutti hai phir bhi bhaagna to padega’ giving a glimpse of his discipline and tremendous ‘work ethic’.

9. Jasprit Bumrah-led young team India en route to Ireland

Jasprit Bumrah, Prasid Krishna and Ruturaj Gaikwad. (Photo Source: Instagram)

The Indian T20I team led by Jasprit Bumrah leaves for Ireland for a three-match T20I series beginning on August 18. Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna and Ruturaj Gaikwad pose for a photo before leaving.

10. Rishabh Pant returns to cricket pitch

Rishabh Pant. (Photo Source: Twitter)

India wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant was spotted playing some fines shots at an event organised by JSW. The southpaw even smacked some big hits amid loud cheers from the crowd.