Is this teen the next Tendulkar?
January 05, 2017 14:44
Mumbai's 17-year-old cricket prodigy Prithvi Shaw arrived in some style and with some fortune.
Leading Mumbai's chase of 256 in the Ranji Trophy semi-final against Tamil Nadu, Shaw was on 99 on debut when he was caught at gully off TN medium pacer V Shankar.
As he walked away, the umpires decided to check for a no ball. And it turned out to be one. The youngster was back and two balls later he had got his century.
He is the second youngest after Sachin Tendulkar to hit a century on debut in first class cricket.
Is this the arrival of the next big star?
File pic of Prithvi Shaw taken when he was just 14.
Leading Mumbai's chase of 256 in the Ranji Trophy semi-final against Tamil Nadu, Shaw was on 99 on debut when he was caught at gully off TN medium pacer V Shankar.
As he walked away, the umpires decided to check for a no ball. And it turned out to be one. The youngster was back and two balls later he had got his century.
He is the second youngest after Sachin Tendulkar to hit a century on debut in first class cricket.
Is this the arrival of the next big star?
File pic of Prithvi Shaw taken when he was just 14.