Shubman Gill
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Looking at their rapid rise, it is safe to say that it has been not long before Shubman Gill and Prithvi Shaw become the promising face of Indian cricket.

After rising through the ranks of age-level cricket, the duo made it to the India Under-19 team and has not looked back since then.

They have become household names with their exploits in the victorious Under-19 World Cup this year, in New Zealand and the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the future is looking even better.

Shaw shot to limelight when he set a new record of 546 runs from 330 balls playing for Rizvi Springfield in a Harris Shield match.

It was the highest score in Indian schools cricket before being surpassed by Pranav Dhanawade in 2016.

The marathon knock, which lasted six hours and seven minutes, was studded with 85 fours and five sixes.

Shaw made his first-class debut for Mumbai in the semi-finals of the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 1 January 2017. And went on score a century in the second innings to bag the Man of the Match award.

The right-handed batsman Shaw also scored a century in his debut match of the Duleep Trophy. He equaled the record held by Sachin Tendulkar, who had scored for the first time a century each in his debut matches of Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy respectively.

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In December 2017, he was named the captain of the team for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He eventually led the team to the title. He scored 261 runs in the tournament.

The impressive performances helped him get a whopping deal of INR 1.2 crore from Delhi Daredevils (DD). He went on to impress in the IPL too, finishing the season with 245 runs including two fifties.

Shubman Gill Reminisces Journey From Under-19 Cricket to India A With Prithvi Shaw
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Gill’s journey has also been phenomenal. He shot to limelight in 2014. Back then he slammed 351 in Punjab’s Inter-District Under-16 tournament.

On his Under-16 state debut for Punjab, he made an unbeaten double-century in the Vijay Merchant Trophy.

In the Under-19 World Cup, he slammed 372 runs at an average of 124. He too bagged a lucrative IPL deal as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) bought him for INR 1.8 crore.

In the IPL, he scored 203 runs including a match-winning fifty against eventual winners Chennai Super Kings (CSK).

Shubman Gill Reminisces Journey From Under-19 Cricket to India A With Prithvi Shaw
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Both the players were rewarded for their consistent show with a place in India A squad for the upcoming tour of England. And they are now ready for the next challenge.

On Tuesday (June 12), Shubman Gill took to Twitter to reminisce his and Shaw’s journey from Under-19 cricket to India A.

“From U19 to India A, it has been a fun ride with this guy @PrithviShaw,” he added.

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