Under-19 World Cup winning skipper Prithvi Shaw, on Sunday, scored 129 off just 81 deliveries for Mumbai in their 2018-19 Vijay Hazare Trophy encounter against Railways. The 18-year-old had already scored two List A centuries for India A, but this was his first for Mumbai.
Mumbai lost skipper Ajinkya Rahane for just three runs but that didn’t stop in-form Shaw from playing his natural game. He went after the Railways bowlers from the word go and brought up his century in only 61 balls.
Shaw smashed 14 fours and six maximums during his stay in the middle and shared a 161-run stand with Shreyas Iyer, who himself scored his 12th List A century before being dismissed for 144, which he scored in 118 balls. Shaw finally fell to offspinner Prashant Awasthi in the 26th over.
Shaw has been in tremendous form in this tournament. He blasted a 66-ball 98 in Mumbai’s first game against Baroda and then hit a 53-ball 60 versus Karnataka.
