Prithvi Shah opened the batting for Northamptonshire who batted first in the Royal London One Day Cup Group B match. The 23-year-old scored 244 runs off just 153 balls in the match. 28 fours and 11 sixes came from his bat. Shah completed his century from just 81 balls. Riding on Shaw’s double century, Northampton Sherawatte scored a Himalayan total of 415/8 in the game.
With his double century, Prithvi Shah became the second Indian batsman to score more than 150 runs in the Royal London Cup. Senior batsman Cheteshwar Pujara is the first Indian batsman to achieve this feat. Shah completed 150 runs in just 103 balls. With this innings, Prithvi Shah was able to end his two-year century drought in List A cricket. The player reached his double century in 129 balls.
Before his batting performance in the Royal London Cup, Prithvi Shah’s last century was in the semi-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy in the 2020-21 season. At the same time, Prithvi Shah also managed to claim the second highest score in English List A cricket with a brilliant innings. He is also the first Indian player to score a double century in the One Day Cup.
Prithvi Shah is also the first Indian batsman to score two double centuries in List A cricket after Rohit Sharma. He is also the first batsman to score a double century in List A cricket in two different countries, as well as for two different teams.
Prithvi Shah was once touted to be the next big thing in Indian cricket. Shah scored a brilliant century on his Test debut but failed to show consistency in his performances and was dropped from the team. Shah last wore the Indian jersey in July 2021 against Sri Lanka. Prithvi Shah has played five Tests, six ODIs and one T20 match in international cricket.
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