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32 Facts About Prithvi Shaw

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Prithvi Shaw scored a century in the second innings and was man of the match.

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Prithvi Shaw earned another distinction by scoring a century in his debut Duleep Trophy and equalled the record held by Sachin Tendulkar, who had scored a century in each in his debut matches in the Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy.

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Prithvi Shaw was born and brought up in Virar, Maharashtra in 1999.

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Prithvi Shaw's parents had moved from Gaya in Bihar to Virar as economic migrants.

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Prithvi Shaw spent time in England to develop his cricket skills.

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In 2021, Prithvi Shaw was offered a contract by AAP Entertainment.

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In February 2023, after an affray in a nightclub, YouTuber Sapna Gill and her male friends followed Prithvi Shaw's vehicle, vandalised it, and manhandled him.

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Prithvi Shaw played for Middle Income Group Cricket Club in Mumbai and was the captain of Rizvi Springfield High School and the Mumbai under-16 team.

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Prithvi Shaw captained the Rizvi Springfield team to two Harris Shield tournament titles in 2012 and 2013, a prestigious trophy in Mumbai's youth cricket.

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In 2013, Prithvi Shaw played for Cryptics club against Middleton Stoney Cricket Club in Oxfordshire.

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Prithvi Shaw opened the batting and scored 68 in under 10 overs, before a change of pace in English conditions led to his dismissal, caught off the bowling of Professor Paul Wordsworth.

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Prithvi Shaw bowled, taking 3 wickets for 1 run in 5 overs, as well as completing a runout.

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Prithvi Shaw scored his first List A century against Leicestershire on 19 June 2018, making 132 runs.

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In February 2021, Prithvi Shaw scored an unbeaten double-century against Pondicherry in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

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Prithvi Shaw scored 827 runs in the same tournament which is the most runs in a single season.

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Prithvi Shaw won the T20 Mumbai League 2019 as captain of North Mumbai Panthers.

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On 23 April 2018, at the age of 18 and 165 days, Prithvi Shaw became the youngest player to open batting in Indian Premier League history while playing for Delhi Daredevils in their match against Kings XI Punjab.

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Prithvi Shaw had an impressive IPL debut scoring 22 runs in 10 balls.

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On 27 April 2018, Prithvi Shaw notched up his first IPL fifty against the Kolkata Knight Riders and, at 18 years and 169 days, went on to become the joint youngest player to score an IPL fifty, along with Sanju Samson.

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Prithvi Shaw's blistering knock of 62 runs helped Delhi Daredevils secure a comfortable 55-run victory against KKR.

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On 29 April 2021, Prithvi Shaw became the second player to hit six boundaries in an over in the IPL, after Ajinkya Rahane, when he hit six boundaries off Shivam Mavi in the first over of the Delhi innings.

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In November 2013, Prithvi Shaw established a new record of 546 runs from 330 balls playing for Rizvi Springfield in a Harris Shield match.

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Prithvi Shaw's innings lasted six hours and seven minutes before he was caught and bowled, and contained 85 fours and five sixes.

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Prithvi Shaw made his Test debut against West Indies on 4 October 2018.

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India won the second Test by ten wickets, with Prithvi Shaw being named the Player of the Series.

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In January 2020, Prithvi Shaw was named in India's One Day International squad for their series against New Zealand.

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Prithvi Shaw was selected in the team for the Test series in New Zealand, and scored one half-century in the four innings he had in that series.

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In 2020, Prithvi Shaw was selected for the test squad for the Australian tour.

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In December 2020, Prithvi Shaw performed poorly in the first Test against Australia, scoring 0 and 4, following which his batting technique was questioned and was dropped for the next match.

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Prithvi Shaw scored 43 runs off 24 balls in the first ODI of the three-match series.

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Prithvi Shaw made his T20I debut on 25 July 2021, for India against Sri Lanka.

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In July 2021, Prithvi Shaw was called up as a replacement in India's Test squad for their series against England, but did not play.