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Twitter reactions on Prithvi Shaw’s century on debut

Dixit Bhargav
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Twitter reactions on Prithvi Shaw's century on debut

Twitter reactions on Prithvi Shaw’s century on debut: Twitter was praiseworthy of debutant Prithvi Shaw scoring a century on Test debut.

During the first Test of West Indies’ tour of India at Rajkot, Prithvi Shaw scored

After Virat Kohli won the toss and chose to bat, India didn’t get off to the best of starts as Lokesh Rahul was adjourned lbw on 0. The dismissal, not for a moment, affected the teenage batsman as he was seen playing his natural game of attacking the opposition bowlers.

Facing just his seventh delivery, Shaw scored his first Test boundary off Keemo Paul. In Paul’s second over, Shaw hit three boundaries to officially announce his arrival in Test cricket. Shaw made full use of the momentum and eventually became the youngest Indian opener to score a Test half-century on debut.

Shaw completed his half-century in 56 balls, the second-fastest by an Indian debutant in Test cricket. India went in to lunch at 133-1 in 25 overs. Unbeaten on 75 (74), Shaw was playing at a strike rate of 100+.

In the second session, Shaw continued in his archetype way, scoring a couple of boundaries off Devendra Bishoo in the first over after the break. On the second delivery of the 33rd over, Shaw hit a Paul delivery through covers to complete his century. Shaw celebrated the feat by jumping in the air. His teammates were seen cheering him from the dressing room.

Shaw completed the hundred off 99 balls, becoming the seventh youngest (second Indian after Sachin Tendulkar)  cricketer to score a Test hundred. Below are some of the latest tweets on Shaw’s maiden century at Rajkot:

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Dixit Bhargav

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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