5 most riveting batting prodigies in world cricket

#2 - PRITHVI SHAW, Right-hand bat, India

Chhotu. That’s his nickname in the Mumbai changing room. In fact, the U-19 winning captain, in most teams he has been a part of over the last dozen years, from the Rizvi Springfield school team to India A, he has always been the youngest.

Shaw has a penchant for racking up records. He has ransacked quite a few domestic records from school level to domestic first class. The crux of his batting lies in the clarity with which he plays his shots. If it is in his zone, it's going and there is no afterthought. He loves hitting through the line. His cover drives are of the highest caliber, playing late and on-the-rise with an oomph factor to them. A proud product of the Mumbai-batting-factory, Shaw takes great care of playing every ball to the merit. He has good fast hands, excellent bat speed and consequential hand-eye coordination. He has this preposterous ability of picking the length early. He shows-off his loyalty of belonging to the crew of bottom-hand powered batters with his swat-flicks.