Prithvi Shaw
Personal Life and family:
Prithvi Pankaj Shaw was born on November 9, 1999.
He is an Indian player and plays international cricket matches for the Indian team. He also plays for Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premium League.
He is an Indian player and plays international cricket matches for the Indian team. He also plays for Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premium League.
His parents move from Gaya, Bihar to thane, Maharashtra after the birth of Prithvi. He was a central figure in the documentary film Beyond All Boundaries. He was selected twice for England for his cricketing education.
Domestic career :
Prithvi played for Middle Income Group (MIG) Cricket club in Mumbai and he was the captain of the Rizvi Springfield High School and the Mumbai under-16 team. In November 2013 he had scored the highest score by any batsman in an organized form of cricket where he hit 546 runs in a Haris Shield elite division match.
In 2012 he scored 155 runs in the semi-final and 174 runs in the finals in Rizvi Springfield and two Harris Shield.
His Haris Shield performances were followed by some other centuries also. He hit centuries on debut in both Ranji Trophy as well as on Duleep Trophy.
Prithvi also made his List A debut for the Mumbai in the 2016-17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 25 February 2017. He made 227* against Pondicherry in the VHT. He made 827 runs in the same tournament which is also a record now. 227* currently the best individual score within the tournament history.
Indian premium League :
In January 2018, Prithvi was bought by the Delhi Daredevils for 1.2 crores. He did not play early matches but once the Gautam bat did not score runs and that he got the chance to open for Delhi Daredevils. He scored 22 runs in 10 balls.
On April 2018, Prithvi made his first IPL fifty against the Kolkata Knight Rider and went on to become the joint youngest player to score the IPL fifty along with Sanju Samson.
On April 29, 2021, Shaw hit six boundaries in an over in the IPL after Rahane. He is the second player now to do that.
International career:
In September 2018 he was named in the tour of the WestIndies against Westindies where he scored a test century on 4th October 2018 and he becomes the youngest batsman to score a century on debut for India. In that series Shaw being named the Player of the Series.
In 2020 Shaw was selected for the Australian tour but he had poor performance in the first test against Australia, scoring 0 and 4 and he was dropped in the next match.
In January 2020 Shaw was named in India's ODI squad for their series against New Zealand. He made his ODI debut against New Zealand on Feb 5, 2020.
In June 2021, he was named in India's ODI and T20 squads for their series against Sri Lanka.
He scored 43 runs off 24 balls and become the man of the match in that match. He breaks the Sehwag record in that match.
Records:
- Youngest player to score a century (18 years and 329 days).
- Break the record of the Sehwag in the first match against Sri Lanka.
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