Prithvi Shaw hits first century for Northamptonshire

India batter Prithvi Shaw scored his first century for Northamptonshire in England's One-Day Cup tournament against Somerset at the County Ground in Northampton on Wednesday. Shaw reached the mark off just 81 deliveries with 14 fours and two sixes in his third outing for the side after opting to bat first. He then became the second Indian after Cheteshwar Pujara to record a 150-plus score in the tournament, off 103 balls.

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Shaw then converted his inning into a record-breaking 129-ball double hundred. The 23-year-old ended a two-year drought to record his ninth List-A century. His previous ton came in the 2020-21 Vijay Hazare Trophy semifinal for Mumbai in March 2021. Shaw has been featured in 56 List-A games. He has scored over 2700 runs with 20 fifty-plus scores and a 50-plus average. Prithvi Shaw had been dismissed hit wicket on 34 on his Northants debut last week against Gloucestershire.

Shaw has managed to overtake Ollie Robinson's 206-run (vs Kent 2022) knock to become the highest individual run-getter in the One-Day Cup. The India opener has the third-best boundary haul by a player in a single List A innings. He is also the first batter to register List A double hundreds in 2 nations. The DC superstar is also the first batter to smash List A double tons for two teams (Mumbai and Northamptonshire).