Sachin Tendulkar has suggested a change in the structure of school cricket in the city of Mumbai, to allow more players to participate. Nishad Pai Vaidya examines the merits of his proposed plans.
Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday suggested that Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) can improve its talent pool by making its inter-college and inter-school competition a 15-player affair.
The boy wonder Prithvi Shaw, who made history by notching 546 in the Harris Shield last week, received a congratulatory message from the legend Sunil Gavaskar himself.
Prithvi Shaw, Armaan Jaffer and Sarfaraz Khan are the country’s most talked about school cricketers who have grabbed the eyeballs with their amazing batting efforts. Nishad Pai Vaidya explores their tales and the sacrifices made by their respective fathers.
Mumbai teenager Prithvi Shaw created a national record on hitting an astonishing 546 playing for Rizvi Springfield against St Francis D'Assisi Borivali in an inter-school match for the prestigious Harris Shield in Mumbai. His memorable quintuple knock of 546 included 85 boundaries and 5 sixes. The previous record was held by Armaan Jaffer who had...
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan congratulated teenage batsman Prithvi Shaw for scoring 546 runs in Harris Shield cricket tournament in Mumbai.
Within a day after Prithvi Shaw achieved the feat of scoring the highest runs in an innings by an Indian in school cricket (546), various awards and recognitions are being showered on the young prodigy. The Rizvi Education Society (RES) has awarded free education for Prithvi. Dr Akhtar Hasan Rizvi, the chairman of RES has also announced a cash prize of Rs one lakh for the batsman.
His record 546 runs on Wednesday was a culmination of the rigorous efforts through the years during which he scored loads of runs. With the enormous support from his father, 14-year-old Prithvi Shaw, barely five feet tall, has given copious evidence of star in the making. Abhijit Banare looks at the young prodigy who has turned out to be the next big thing for Mumbai cricket after Arman Jaffer and Sarfaraz Khan.
Prithvi Shaw, a schoolboy cricketer in Mumbai has been making waves and he has now smashed 546 in a Harris Shield game in the city. PTI quoted Shaw, "I didn't know when I was in the 490s because I told my teammates not to tell me my score. I was batting well and I wanted...
Call it superstition or the Mumbai school of batsmanship which teaches one to put team before self, 15-year-old Prithvi Shaw had categorically told his teammates not to prompt his personal score, which is why he didn't know that he reached 490s during his knock of 546.