NEW DELHI: India broke from tradition by naming a 12-man shortlist on the eve of the first Test versus West Indies. The bigger news: There's an 18-year-old debutant, in Prithvi Pankaj Shaw.
Here's what you need to know about, possibly, the next big thing in Indian cricket:
2012- Captained Rizvi Springfield High School to Harris Shield title - a minors' cricket competition in Mumbai.
2013- Aged 14, he scored 546 off 330 balls (85 fours and five sixes) for Rizvi in the Harris Shield A division match versus St Francis D'Assisi - then the highest score in school cricket.
- Captained Rizvi to second Harris Shield title.
2016- Part of India U19 squad that won the youth Asia Cup in Sri Lanka.
- First-class debut - in the Ranji Trophy semi-final against Tamil Nadu. Scores a match-winning, second-innings century.
2017- List A debut for Mumbai, aged 17, in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
- Became the youngest player to score a century on Duleep Trophy debut, a record previously held by Sachin Tendulkar.
- Named captain of India's U19 squad for the 2018 World Cup held in New Zealand.
Prithvi Shaw with the U19 Cricket World Cup trophy. (Getty Images)2018- Captained India to fourth ICC Under-19 World Cup title.
- Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 1.2 crore at the 2018 IPL auction.
- Became joint youngest player to score an IPL fifty along with Sanju Samson (18 years, 169 days).
- Scores first List A century (132) playing for India A versus Leicestershire.
- Called up to India's Test squad for final two Tests in England. Did not play.
- Makes Test debut versus West Indies in the first Test in Rajkot.
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