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4 unusual facts about Prithvi Shaw


Azad Maidan

On 20 November 2013, Prithvi Shaw created history with 546 runs and in 1987 Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli shared a 664 run record partnership during a Harris Shield school match at Azad Maidan.

Prithvi Shaw

Shaw was born in Thane, Maharashtra, and enrolled aged three in the Virar cricket academy by his father.

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.

He is a right hand batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler whose abilities as a cricketing prodigy have led to repeated comparisons with Sachin Tendulkar.



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