Prithvi Shaw

Prithvi Pankaj Shaw (born 9 November 1999) is an Indian cricketer who has played for the Indian cricket team in all formats.

In domestic cricket, he plays for Mumbai and Delhi Capitals.

Prithvi Shaw was born in Thane, Maharashtra in 1999.

His parents had moved from Gaya in Bihar to as economic migrants and in 2001 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.

He also received sponsorship from Indian Oil.

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

In 2012, he scored 155 in the semi-final and 174 in the final match.

Shaw trains and played for Middle Income Group Cricket Club in Mumbai, where Arjun Tendulkar, son of Sachin, was a teammate.

In April 2012, Shaw was invited to England to play for Cheadle Hulme School in Manchester and scored 1,446 runs during a two-month stay.

He scored a century on debut.

and averaged 84.

He also took 68 wickets.

During his time in Manchester, Prithvi made several appearances for local side High Lane Cricket club.

In 2013, Shaw and his father were featured in the documentary film Beyond All Boundaries.

He spent time in England to develop his cricket skills.

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

A police case was filed and Gill was later arrested.

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

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.

In 2013, Shaw played for Cryptics club against 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.

In this time, Shaw's opening partner had reached just 7 runs.

He also bowled, taking 3 wickets for 1 run in 5 overs and completed a runout.

After once scoring 73 runs against a side from the Julian Wood Cricket Academy in England, the academy's founder, Julian Wood, offered Shaw a trip to England in May 2013 and a stint at the academy.

Prithvi Shaw and Pushkar Sharma played cricket together in the Mumbai Under-16 team during the 2014–15 season.

Shaw made his first-class debut for Mumbai in the semi-finals of the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 1 January 2017.

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

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.

On 6 February 2017, while playing in his fifth ODI for India under-19s, he scored his first century at under-19 level.

Shaw made his List A debut for Mumbai in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 25 February 2017.

In November 2017, in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, he scored his second consecutive century, and his fourth in five first-class matches since his debut, batting for Mumbai.

Under his captaincy, the Indian team won the 2018 Under-19 World Cup.

A right-handed opening batter, Shaw made his first international appearance aged 18 on 4 October 2018 and 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 (ICC) named Shaw as one of the five breakout stars in men's cricket in 2018.

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

In October 2018, he was named in India A's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.

In February 2021, Prithvi Shaw scored an unbeaten double-century (227* off 152) against Pondicherry in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Shaw's 227* is currently the best individual score within the tournament's history.

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.

In July 2019, he was suspended by Board of Control for Cricket in India for a doping violation, the suspension lasting until November of the same year.