Termed as the next 'big thing' or the next 'Master Blaster' in cricket, at a raw age, Prithvi Shaw is a name that will echo in the coming years. A child prodigy, Shaw was known for his batting prowess for Mumbai, scoring tons of runs in first-class cricket and is known for making any debut special. He hit a ton on his Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy debut, a feat only achieved by Sachin Tendulkar. The comparisons between the two have been enormous and not because of his batting performances, but him matching Sachin toe to toe. Prithvi was known to the world when he led India to win a record U-19 trophy in New Zealand. Besides his batting abilities, he is also a calm and composed leader. Under the guidance of Rahul Dravid, Shaw has contributed immensely. The youngster was roped in by Delhi Daredevils in 2018 and played a few good knocks in the T20 tournament. It was evident that he would receive a call up from the Indian side and finally, it did, once Shikhar Dhawan had a poor outing in England, Shaw ceased the opportune moment by hitting a ton on his maiden Test debut against West Indies. Being touted by Virat Kohli as the next big thing in Indian cricket, Shaw is the future of Indian cricket. He missed out on the opportunity to face Australia as he suffered an ankle injury during the practice match. In time to come, Shaw has proven in just 2 Test matches, that he will take India forward.
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Former India opener and IndiaTV cricket expert Virender Sehwag has suggested captain Virat Kohli to play limited-over opener Rohit Sharma at the top slot in Test cricket as well.
There are very high chances that KL Rahul will sit out at the Oval Test as visitors will like to experiment with young players like Prithvi Shaw or Hanuma Vihari.
Reminiscing about watching Shaw, who barely reached the stumps, Tendulkar later told his friend: "Are you watching? That's a future India player".
While Kuldeep has been sent to play for India A against Australia A in Visakhapatnam, the axe is not a good sign for Vijay.
Agarwal sent the bowlers on a leather hunt with an unbeaten 220 off 250 balls while Shaw punished them with a well-made 136 off 196 balls during a 277-run opening stand.
Shaw top-scored with 62 for India A at the County Ground, but others such as Test specialist Vijay, Mayank and skipper Nair failed to get going.
India A piled up a mammoth 458 for 4 to win the second warm-up game by a massive 281 runs ahead of their tri-nation one-day series starting June 22.
Prithvi Shaw (70 off 61), Shreyas Iyer (54 off 45) and Ishan Kishan (50 off 46) helped India A amass 328/8 before the bowlers dismissed ECB XI for 203 in 36.5 overs.
Mumbai boy Shaw, who led India to the U-19 World Cup triumph in New Zealand, has made a mark while turning out for Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League.
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Delhi Daredevils squad, including Gautam Gambhir, Mohammad Shami and Prithvi Shaw, on Wednesday pledged to donate their organs in an effort to raise awareness around the cause.
While Shaw, the captain of the 2018 U-19 World Cup winning Indian team, found a place in both the four-day and one-day squads, Gill was named in the limited-overs team.
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Yusuf Pathan (27 no off 12 balls) and skipper Kane Williamson (32 no off 30 balls) kept their calm to help Sunrisers Hyderabad surpass the 164-run target against Delhi Daredevils on a tricky surface.
Mark Waugh thinks that the technique of young batsman Prithvi Shaw is similar to that of cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar.
Inspired by half-centuries from new skipper Shreyas Iyer and Prithvi Shaw, Delhi Daredevils finally ended their three-match losing streak with a 55-run thumping win over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in match 26 of Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Ferozshah Kotla on Friday.
Tendulkar said the tournament will provide an ideal platform for young players and experienced ones to express themselves.
Shaw, who had led India U-19 to a record fourth World Cup title in New Zealand recently, played four games and scored two fifties in the league stage of the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Chennai.
Gautam did the star turn for Rajasthan after their rival had posted 268 for 8 riding on Siddhesh Lad's second century in the tournament.
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