The first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2020 was a plain and simple disappointment for the Indian cricket team, that scored their lowest total in the history of Test cricket (36) at the Adelaide Oval.

However, it turned out to be worse for the young batting opener, Prithvi Shaw who only managed to play six deliveries throughout the match, got a duck in the first innings, and 4 in the second.

Becoming the butt of everyone’s joke on social media, Shaw is currently undergoing the ‘troll’ phase a player has to suffer after a disappointing performance on the field - that’s the way modern day sports has shaped up.

For his competitors though, there is nothing better than an unconfident and vulnerable player showing up on the crease and losing his wicket for cheap and they would want to make the most out of it.

Rubbing salt on Shaw’s wounds, Australian opener Joe Burns expressed that he hopes that the 21-year-old’s struggles continue to worry him for the time he is playing against the Australians and that he would not help him with any tips until the series is over.

"I wouldn't give him any advice as I am playing against him. I'm hoping that he makes no runs at all. I actually don't know what form he is been in. I haven't been following him," Burns said while replying to a query from ANI.

"He is obviously a quality player if he is playing for India. I might give advice at the end of the series, but not after the first game," he added.

Burns himself was also in a massive slump as far as his form on the crease was concerned but managed to play a possibly career-saving second innings in the Adelaide Test, an unbeaten half-century, that led his team to an easy victory at home.

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