The world is his Playground: Prithvi Shaw's journey from Virar to Rajkot
Cricket | October 04, 2018 16:07 ISTIndian sports is replete with stories of blood, sweat and sacrifices and Shaw's story is no different from others.
Indian sports is replete with stories of blood, sweat and sacrifices and Shaw's story is no different from others.
He was the 15th Indian to do so and only the second by an opener. The third fastest Test hundred on debut and the second youngest Indian to score a Test century after Sachin Tendulkar.
At the raw age of 19, Prithvi Shaw becomes India's 293rd Test player as he makes his debut in Rajkot against West Indies.
Prithvi has been preferred over Mayank Agarwal in the playing XI for the series opener against West Indies.
Kohli said experimentation can only be done in the top-order and has high hopes from the 18-year-old Shaw, who will make his Test debut on Thursday.
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Prithvi Shaw, who earned a maiden call-up midway into the England tour but did not get a game, has been preferred over Mayank Agarwal for the series opener.
Rahane, however, didn't commit on who among Prithvi and Mayank Agarwal will partner KL Rahul in the opening Test in Rajkot, starting October 4.
Shreyas Iyer and Prithvi Shaw hit blistering hundreds to help Mumbai pile on 400 for five in fifty overs and defeat Railways by 173 runs on Sunday.
A scoreline of 2-3 will definitely look much better than 1-4 and India will any day take Test win.
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.
With India's top-order struggling against England in the ongoing Test series, 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
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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