Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-33953813-20171216150101/@comment-734582-20171217131645

Vladosaurus wrote: the other 2-3 shadow clones could've just attacked Shikadai since he was exposed. I just checked. Boruto sent in a clone to attack and sent 3 more in order to defeat Shikadai. Shikadai changes his sign which changes his attack from a single stretched shadow into a giant circular one and catches every Shaowclone (and Boruto) at once.

Before that, Shikadai keeps Boruto busy with his shadowbind, so there wasn't much for Boruto to try. The fact that Boruto sent a clone against Shikadai implies he intended to let it get caught (and the 4-direction attack was the real one). The fact that Boruto gets caught by this implies he didn't know about Shikadai's circular shadow.

Either way, Boruto was in fact doing what you said. The editing makes it somewhat unclear, but it looks like Shikadai is fighting 4 clones and not just Boruto with one clone.

Other tactics (Boruto stream for instance) would imply he knew more than he actually did.