42 Facts About Prithvi Shaw

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Prithvi Pankaj Shaw was born on 9 November 1999 and is an Indian international cricketer who played for the Indian cricket team in all formats.

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Prithvi Shaw currently plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League.

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Prithvi Shaw debuted at the age of 18 for India and holds record for being the youngest debutant to score a test century.

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Prithvi Shaw was retained by Delhi Capitals ahead of the Tata Ipl Auction 2022.

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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 match of the Duleep Trophy and equalled the record held by Sachin Tendulkar who had scored for the first time a century each in his debut matches of Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy.

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In December 2017, Prithvi Shaw was named captain of India's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

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Prithvi Shaw led India in the final where they beat Australia by 8 wickets to win their fourth Under-19 World Cup.

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Prithvi Shaw was Born in Thane, Maharashtra in a Bihari family.

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Prithvi Shaw's parents moved from Gaya, Bihar to Thane as migrant for employment.

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In 2001, Prithvi Shaw was offered a contract by AAP Entertainment that allowed him and his father to move from Thane to Mumbai and continue his cricketing education.

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Prithvi Shaw has twice selected to travel to England to further his cricketing education.

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Prithvi Shaw has earned a deal worth Rs 36 lakh with Sanspareils Greenlands, which has been endorsed by stalwarts like Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag in the past.

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In February 2023 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 Rizvi Springfield team to two Harris Shield tournament titles in 2012 and 2013, which 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 and completed a runout.

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Prithvi Shaw scored his first List A century against Leicestershire on 19 June 2018 and scored 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's 227* is currently the best individual score within the tournament's history.

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Prithvi Shaw, after scoring 227* vs Pondicherry in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, now has the highest List A score by a captain in Men's cricket.

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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 is the only Indian Cricketer with a 50+ First Class average, 50+ List A average and 150+ T20 Strike Rate.

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On 23 April 2018, Prithvi Shaw became the youngest player to open batting in the Indian Premier League history at the age of 18 and 165 days while playing for Delhi Daredevils during 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 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 and contained 85 fours and five sixes before he was caught and bowled.

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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 made his ODI debut for India, against New Zealand, on 5 February 2020.

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Prithvi Shaw was Selected For Test Series In New Zealand and Scored one half-century in 4 innings Prithvi Shaw Played In That series.

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

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In December 2020, Prithvi Shaw had a poor performance in the first Test against Australia, scoring 0 and 4 in which his batting technique was questioned and was dropped in the next match.

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Prithvi Shaw scored 43 runs off 24 balls in the first ODI of the 3-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 to India's Test squad for their series but did not play so against England.