PRITHVI SHAW - Are we looking at THE NEXT BIG THING in Indian Cricket ?

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PRITHVI SHAW - Are we looking at THE NEXT BIG THING in Indian Cricket ?

Rizvi-Springfield skipper Prithvi Shaw became an Internet sensation after he made a world record score of 546 against St Francis D’Assissi in the elite division of the Harris Shield tournament for senior schoolboys and has broken Armaan Jaffer’s Harris Shield record of 498 runs. His 330-ball knock was laced with 85 fours and five sixes (a strike rate of 165.45). Only Englishman Arthur Edward Jeune Collins (628 not out at the age of 13) and Charles John Eady (566 at the age of 31) have scored more runs in a single innings in competitive cricket. He lost his mother when he was four. Ever since, his father Pankaj has been his coach, mentor and motivation.In 2012, Prithvi spent three months in Manchester. He even scored a century in his debut school match for Cheadle Hulme School in Cheshire. Prithvi is a Class 9 student and was appointed captain of the Mumbai Under-16 team on Wednesday. With cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar calling time off, the cricketing circles in Mumbai are asking if Shaw is the next big thing at Mumbai’s cricket grounds.