Ahead of West Indies' tour in India in October, the under-19 World Cup winning skipper Prithvi Shaw is already making headlines after smashing his first list A century off 61 balls in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Cup.
The 18-year-old, on Sunday, 23 September, scored 129 off just 81 deliveries for Mumbai Railways. He smashed 14 fours and six sixes before falling to off-spinner Prashant Awasthi in the 26th over.
Shreyas Iyer and Shaw’s blistering hundreds helped Mumbai pile on 400 for five in fifty overs and defeat Railways by 173 runs to record a third successive win in the tournament.
After opting to bat, it was a dominant show from Mumbai. Iyer (144 in 118 balls) and Shaw (129 in 81 balls) brutally punished a listless Railways attack.
After that they bundled out the opposition for 227 in 42.4 overs, with Shams Mulani returning with figures of 3-26.
Mumbai is only the second side in domestic cricket to record 400 or plus score after Madhya Pradesh's 412/6 versus Railways in 2010.
After Mumbai skipper Ajinkya Rahane (3) departed early, it was the Iyer-Shaw duo who stole the limelight at the famed M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
While Iyer smashed eight fours and ten sixes, teen-sensation Shaw had 14 fours and six other hits over the fence. The two conjured a 161-run stand for the second wicket to lay foundation for a big total.
18-year-old Shaw, who missed a hundred by a whisker in the first game, completed his maiden List-A century for Mumbai. And it just took 61 balls for the right-handed Shaw to complete his breath-taking hundred.
After Shaw departed, Iyer continued the onslaught before being caught by Harsh Tyagi off Anupreet Singh.
Experienced Surya Kumar Yadav (67) and Siddesh Lad (30 not out) helped Mumbai reach the 400-run mark.
It was an uphill task for Railways and they were never in the fray. They kept losing wickets at regular intervals before being bundled out for 227.
Railways skipper Saurabh Wakaskar (48), Prashant Awasthi (41) and Ankit Yadav (35 not out) showed some resistance, but that wasn't enough to take their side home.
In the first two games, Mumbai had defeated Baroda by nine wickets and Karnataka by 88 runs, respectively.
In the other two Elite Group A matches, Himachal Pradesh put on a splendid performance to outclass Goa by four wickets in a low-scoring match at Alur.
Riding on Ankit Bawne's unbeaten hundred and Satyajeet Bachchav's five-wicket-haul, Maharashtra defeated Punjab by 94 runs in Bengaluru.
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