Prithvi Shaw: 10 things to know about India's latest batting superstar

Prithvi Shaw became the 293th player to play test cricket for India on Thursday. Shaw, who was born on 9 November 1999, also became the 13th youngest player to play Test cricket for India. (Image: DNA File Photo) 

Prithvi Shaw comes from Virar, a small town in Palghar district near Mumbai. Shaw was a four-year-old when he lost his mother and was raised by his father. As a child, he would travel all the way from Virar to Churchgate, a journey which took nearly two hours, for his daily cricketing net sessions. (Image: PTI)

In 2010, former left-arm spinner Nilesh Kulkarni spotted Prithvi Shaw. His sports management company snapped the 11-year-old for an annual stipend of Rs 3 lakh. He also got help from a local corporator who offered Shaw and his father his family flat in Santa Cruz to cut his travel time for practice. (Image: PTI)

Prithvi Shaw made headlines in 2013 when, as a 14 year old, he scored a world record 546 off 300 balls for the Rizvi Springfield school in the Under-16 schools tournament in Mumbai. The record was overtaken by Pranav Dhanawade in 2016. It is presently the fourth-highest score by any batsman in any form of the organised game. (Image: DNA)

In 2017, Shaw made his first-class debut for Mumbai in the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy, scoring a century (120) in the second innings versus Tamil Nadu and winning a match of the match honour. He went to score 5 centuries in his first 9 first-class matches. (Image: Twitter @cricketworldcup)

Prithvi Shaw has always been compared with Sachin Tendulkar since his rise in domestic cricket. After scoring a century in his Duleep Trophy debut, Shaw matched Tendulkar’s record of scoring centuries in Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy debut. He also broke the Master Blaster’s record of becoming the youngest player to score a century in the Duleep Trophy. (Image: DNA)

In 2012, Prithvi was invited to England to play for the Cheadle Hulme school in Manchester; he scored a century on debut and ended up with 1,446 runs during his two-month stay. He was then was offered training at the Julian Wood Cricket Academy in England and played for Cleethorpes in the Yorkshire ECB County Premier League. (Image: DNA)

Prithvi Shaw captained the Indian U-19 side to World Cup glory earlier this year. With 261 runs in the tournament at an average of 65.25, Shaw became the highest scoring Indian captain at this level surpassing the likes of Unmukt Chand, Virat Kohli and Parthiv Patel. (Image: Twitter @BCCI)

Prithvi Shaw was bought for an amount of Rs 1.2 Crore by Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2018 auction. In nine games, he scored 245 runs at an average of 27.22 with a strike-rate of 153.12. He also became the youngest player to open in IPL and the joint youngest with Sanju Samson to hit an IPL half century. (Image: Twitter @ICC)

Prithvi Shaw has already scored four centuries for the India 'A' side - 102 against the West Indies 'A', 132 against Leicestershire, 136 against South Africa 'A' and 188 against the West Indies 'A'.