Prithvi Shaw
Prithvi Pankaj Shaw is an Indian professional cricketer. He plays for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. In October 2018, he became the second-youngest Indian after Sachin Tendulkar to make a Test century and the youngest Indian to do so on Test debut. The International Cricket Council named Shaw as one of the five breakout stars in men’s cricket in 2018.
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Prithvi Pankaj Shaw is an Indian professional cricketer and former India national under-19 cricket team captain. He plays for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. In October 2018, he became the second-youngest Indian after Sachin Tendulkar to make a Test century and the youngest Indian to do so on Test debut. The International Cricket Council named Shaw as one of the five breakout stars in men’s cricket in 2018. In July 2019, he was suspended by BCCI for doping violation till 15 November 2019. He was handed a back-dated 8-month ban for a doping violation on 30 July by the BCCI. Shaw has earned a deal worth Rs 36 lakh with SG, which has been endorsed by stalwarts like Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag in the past.
In November 2013, he had set the highest score by any batsman in any organised form of cricket since 1901 when he hit 546 in a Harris Shield elite division match. Shaw captained Rizvi Springfield to two Harris Shield titles in 2012 and 2013, the most prestigious trophy in Indian youth cricket. In 2012, he scored 155 in the semi-final and 174 in the final match. In 2013, Prithvi Shaw played for Cryptics Vs. Middleton Stoney Cricket Club in Oxfordshire. He 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. On 6 February 2017, while playing in his fifth ODI for India, Shaw scored his first century at under- 19 level at the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
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