Prithvi Shaw scores double century in Vijay Hazare Trophy

21 year old Mumbai captain Prithvi Shaw scored his maiden double century in List A cricket during his knock against Puducherry in Vijay Hazare Trophy match. Mumbai batsman Suryakumar Yadav also made merry with a century as his team registered a total over 400.

Prithvi Shaw stayed unbeaten 227 in 152 balls on with the help of 31 fours and 5 sixes! Shaw was captaining Mumbai in the absence of Shreyas Iyer who picked up an injury in the earlier fixture.

World Record

At the age of 21, Prithvi Shaw became the youngest captain to score a List A double century!

It is also the highest score by a captain in List A history!

He is the 8th Indian batsman overall to score a Double Century in List A Cricket

This was indeed the first time Prithvi was leading Mumbai in a match!

Match Summary

Mumbai v Puducherry – Vijay Hazare Trophy – 25 February, 2021

Mumbai 457-4 in 50 overs – 62 fours & 11 sixes
Prithvi Shaw 227*(152) – 31 fours – 5 sixes – 149.34 Strike Rate!
Suryakumar Yadav 133 (58) – 22 fours – 4 sixes – 229.31 Strike Rate!

Puducherry 224 all out in 38.1 overs
Damodaran Rohit 63 (68) – 9 fours
Sagar Trivedi 43 (25) – 5 fours – 3 sixes
Prashant Solanki 10-0-48-5

Mumbai won by 233 runs

PLAYING XI

PONDICHERRY
Ashith , Rohit D (C), Sagar P Udeshi, S Karthik (wk), Santhamoorthy, Pankaj Singh, Sheldon Jackson, Paras Dogra, Sagar V Trivedi, S Suresh Kumar, M Anton Andrew

MUMBAI
Aditya Tare (wk), Shardul Thakur, Suryakumar Yadav, P H Solanki, Prithvi Shaw (c), S N Khan, Akash P ,Tushar U Deshpande, Atharva Vinod Ankolekar, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shivam Dube