Prithvi Shaw: Manjot Kalra’s century was crucial

Prithvi Shaw: Manjot Kalra's century was crucial

Prithvi Shaw shot to prominence when he scored 546 off 330 deliveries for his school Rizvi Springfield in 2013. He then made it to the India U-19 squad who won the Youth Asia Cup against Sri Lanka. He slowly progressed to domestic cricket in January 2017. Shaw started stacking up centuries and currently holds 5 of them from 9 First-Class matches. Today, Shaw is the proud captain of India who lifted the U-19 World Cup for the fourth time.

Manjot Kalra was the star in India’s 8-wicket win against Australia in the final. He scored 101* and became the second Indian to achieve this feat in the final of U-19 World Cup after Unmukt Chand.

Shaw thanked the support staff and his coach Rahul Dravid: “Can’t express what I’m feeling right now, really proud of it. All credit to our support staff for really supporting us for the last two years. Rahul Sir himself is a legend, the Wall we call him. It was a crucial hundred from Manjot. Gill was batting so well. Both pacers, Kamlesh and Mavi, have been executing things so well through the tournament. It’s been wonderful playing matches here.”