Talk of the India's U-19 captain in the locality, and Shaw is remembered as a mischievous boy who broke window panes while playing cricket.
Prithvi Shaw might have brought the World Cup back in India and created ripples the world over with his jaw-dropping batting skills, but his first coach, Santosh Pingulkar, still has one grievance: that of Shaw playing aggressive leg glances early in the innings and losing his wicket.
Having trained for nine years in Virar's Yashwant Nagar ground and being a resident of Narangi area of Virar East, India's U-19 captain did his schooling at the National School of Virar.
Talk of the India's U-19 captain in the locality, and Shaw is remembered as a mischievous boy who broke window panes while playing cricket.
Shaw was three years old when he joined Pingulkar for training, his major breakthrough coming in 2013 when he broke a national inter-school record of 498 runs and also scored 546 runs in the Harris Shield against St Francis D'Assisi while playing for Rizvi Springfield.
But despite all these amazing feats, Pingulkar still has that one complaint.
"Wherever he gets aggressive while playing leg glances early in the innings, I see him losing his wicket. I have spoken to him about it earlier too, and I continue speaking to him on and off during his matches," Pingulkar said.
That issue dusted, the coach then speaks about his pride of being Shaw's maiden coach.
"Today, he is the captain of the World Cup-winning team, and I feel proud that I have trained a player who has now aced the world. I am happy that I will be remembered always as the first coach of Shaw," said Pingulkar.
Another person whose chest is filled with pride is Ramesh Mayekar, chairman of Sahara apartment, where Shaw spent his growing up days.
Mayekar recalled how he often scolded Shaw for breaking window panes frequently while playing cricket in the building. Now, the anger is a thing of the past.
"There used to be fights in the society the moment Prithvi broke a window pane in the locality. His father too used to play good cricket. I have seen him grow and today we all are proud of him. The credit undoubtedly goes to Shaw's father, Pankaj," Mayekar said.
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