Prithvi Shaw has emerged as the find of the India-West Indies Test series. The teen sensation won the man of the series award in his debut series thanks to his exemplary batting.
The 18-year-old was the top scorer of the two-match Test series at and an average of 118.50. He scored 237 runs, with a hundred and fifty.
On a peculiar note, Shaw was dealt a body blow by Windies captain Jason Holder while India were chasing a paltry target of 72 runs to win the series 2-0 at Hyderabad on Sunday.
Early in the chase, in the fourth over, Shaw tried to duck a bouncer from Holder, but the delivery stayed low and hit the batsman on his left bicep.
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Windies availed the DRS, but it returned negative, thus saving the teenager.
Back in 2000, Tendulkar faced a similar delivery against Glenn McGrath and was given out LBW by Daryl Harper.
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Shaw went onto hit the winning runs as India beat the Windies by 10 wickets.
