What makes Prithvi Shaw special? A look at the young batters unique career so far


What makes Prithvi Shaw special? A look at the young batters unique career so far

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Prithvi Shaw with the Indian U-19 side celebrating after winning the tournament

Prithvi Shaw has made a name for himself in the Indian Cricket Team with his powerful performances and unique achievements in the cricketing field. Shaw currently playing for the Delhi Capitals in the Dream11 Indian Premier League hasn’t really had a good season so far. But he has been named for the Indian Team set to tour Australia after the end of this month.

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Shaw’s celebrated his 20th birthday with the DC side who are set to play in their maiden IPL final. His short career with the Indian team has already seen some highs as well as lows. However, the talented Mumbai batter is one for the future. Shaw led the Indian U-19 side to lift the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup in 2018. The team coached by Rahul Dravid impressed everyone with the likes of Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill, and Kamlesh Nagarkoti.

Soon after Shaw got a callup in the Indian Test side playing West Indies at home. Shaw was given a debut for India in tests during the first test at Rajkot. He did not miss the opportunity and scored a century on his debut. Shaw became the 15th Indian Batsman to score a test century on his debut and the youngest of them all to do so. He was 18 years 229 days old when he achieved a remarkable feat and joined the likes of Virender Sehwag, Saurav Ganguly, Suresh Raina, and Rohit Sharma among others. He also became the second-youngest after Sachin Tendulkar to score a Test ton for India. Tendulkar was 17 years 107 days when he scored his first ton for India.

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The curious case of Prithvi Shaw

Prithvi Shaw in his debut Test match for India

Among his unique records in his Cricket career, one of them is to be just the second player to score a ton on his debuts in the Ranji Trophy and Duleep trophy. He equaled the record of the great Sachin Tendulkar who first achieved this feat previously when he was just 16 years old. He was also named the captain for the Indian Cricket Team for the ICC U-19 World Cup in New Zealand 2018. The team defeated Australia in the finals and won the tournament with dominance.

Shaw was also picked by the Delhi Capitals side for 1.2 crores after the tournament. He impressed everyone in his IPL debut season as he managed to score 245 runs in 9 games. He was picked in the Indian Team for the tour to Australia in 2018-19. But was injured in one of the practice games before the start of the test series. His career took a turn for the worse when he was handed an 8-month ban for a doping violation.

He had inadvertently inhaled a prohibitory subsistence commonly found in cough syrups. His ban ended in November 2019 after which he joined the DC side for the Dream11 IPL 2020 in UAE. He started well in IPL 2020 in the starting games and got 2 half-centuries for the side in the tournament.

However, he lost his touch and performed below par in the next games. He registered scores of less than 10 runs in 6 games in a row with three ducks. He might lose his spot in the DC team all set to play the IPL 2020 finals with Mumbai Indians. But the young Mumbai batter has a long career in front of him and to prove his class to everyone.

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