{"id":280296,"date":"2025-07-21T15:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/280296\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:52:11","slug":"17-kgs-down-prithvi-shaw-dragged-into-sarfaraz-khans-transformation-thanks-to-kevin-pietersen-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/280296\/","title":{"rendered":"17 kgs down! Prithvi Shaw dragged into Sarfaraz Khan&#8217;s transformation \u2013 thanks to Kevin Pietersen | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/122816695.jpg\" alt=\"17 kgs down! Prithvi Shaw dragged into Sarfaraz Khan's transformation \u2013 thanks to Kevin Pietersen\" title=\"Sarfaraz Khan and Prithvi Shaw \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Sarfaraz Khan and Prithvi Shaw  NEW DELHI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sarfaraz-khan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarfaraz Khan<\/a> has silenced his critics in style \u2014 not with a bat in hand, but with a remarkable fitness transformation. The Indian batter, who has often found himself on the fringes of the national team setup despite strong domestic performances, has now shed a massive 17 kilograms.Although Sarfaraz made his much-awaited Test debut earlier this year against England in February, he hasn\u2019t yet managed to secure a regular spot in the squad. Questions surrounding his fitness have long been part of the conversation, even as his domestic form remained solid.Now, the right-hander has responded in the best way possible \u2014 by getting fitter. Sharing a gym photo on social media, Sarfaraz revealed the extent of his transformation, writing that he has lost 17 kgs.Fans were quick to flood the comments with admiration, hailing the batter&#8217;s dedication and hard work. One particular reaction stood out \u2014 from former England star <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kevin-pietersen\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Pietersen<\/a>, who not only praised Sarfaraz but also sent a strong message to <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/prithvi-shaw\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prithvi Shaw<\/a>.\u201cOutstanding effort, young man! Huge congrats and I\u2019m sure it\u2019s going to lead to better and more consistent performances on the field. I love the time you\u2019ve spent reorganising your priorities! LFG! Can someone show Prithvi this please? It can be done! Strong body, strong mind!\u201d Pietersen posted.Sarfaraz last appeared for India during the home Test series against New Zealand last season. Despite scoring a sensational 150 in Bengaluru, he featured in only a couple of matches before being dropped again.<\/p>\n<p>Indian Team Arrives for Nets at Manchester Ahead of 4th Test vs England<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Shaw is set for a fresh start. Having moved on from Mumbai, Shaw will now represent Maharashtra in the upcoming domestic season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sarfaraz Khan and Prithvi Shaw NEW DELHI: Sarfaraz Khan has silenced his critics in style \u2014 not with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,50335,46269,32441,63432,35462,51375,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-280296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-ind-vs-eng","10":"tag-india-vs-england","11":"tag-indian-cricket-team","12":"tag-kevin-pietersen","13":"tag-prithvi-shaw","14":"tag-sarfaraz-khan","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114892029646059444","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}