Ahead by leaps and bounds

MUMBAI: Prithvi Shaw announced himself at the age of 14 when he slammed a record-breaking 546 in an inter-school Harris Shield match in 2013. Coincidentally, Sachin Tendulkar was also 14 when he first came into prominence in 1988.

After performing consistently in age group and club cricket, Shaw made it to Mumbai’s playing XI in their Ranji semi-final against Tamil Nadu in 2017. He grabbed the opportunity with both hands, scoring a hundred on his first-class debut.

Later, he also hit a ton on his Duleep Trophy debut and thus equalled his idol Tendulkar’s record of scoring a ton in his debut matches of both Ranji and Duleep Trophy.

Shaw has been in good form in the ongoing Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand scoring a 94 against Australia in the opening match to set up a 90-run victory. Shaw, so far, has accumulated 232 runs in five World Cup matches at 77.73.

On Saturday, Shaw, bought by Delhi Daredevils for ~1.2 crore, would look to shoulder the responsibility and become the fourth captain after Mohammed Kaif (2000), Virat Kohli (2008) and Unmukt Chand (2012) to lift U-19 World Cup.

Date of birth: November 9, 1999

State: Mumbai

Batting style: right-hand bat

Bowling style: right-arm off-break

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