Prithvi Shaw - 13 year old prodigy from Mumbai

[Magneto]

Yes, but despite that, media glare then versus in this internet age is like chalk and cheese. These days hype has taken on a different avatar. Imagine Unmukt Chand releasing a book before playing a single Intl ODI or Test cricket? Will be unheard of those days.

Yeah, but the kids are used to it as well. They are growing up with it. In his book 'Beyond the Blues' published in 2008, Akash Chopra described Virat Kohli as the guy who he rates very highly; and the one to watch out for in the Delhi team, and Virat hadn't even played in the U-19 WC then. And despite all the media frenzy, he has been a standout performer in the last 3 years. And agewise, Sachin did his commercials at a younger age than Chand. This book is a new development though, and I suspect it's happened because Chand kept on stating that he has maintained a diary of the whole U-19 WC. The publishers have probably just edited it and put that into print. I don't see other cricketers doing the same; otherwise someone like Kohli would have written 3-4 books by now, on 3-4 different topics.

[Magneto]

Good on St Francis D’Assisi 's school team. They can now produce future Ishants and Vinaykumars for the Indian team.

Must be the flattest of tracks anyway with the shortest of boundaries. Only in Mumbai school cricket do cricketers score 400s and 500s every year. :giggle:

[G_B_]

this sort of highlights why Mumbai are 40 time ranji champions. below the ranji team there is so much support.

[GoldenSun]

this sort of highlights why Mumbai are 40 time ranji champions. below the ranji team there is so much support.

Even I pinch myself, despite being a Mumbai fan, how do they produce such quality players? The same can be said for New South Wales in Australia.

[Crookbond]

Yeah, but the kids are used to it as well. They are growing up with it. In his book 'Beyond the Blues' published in 2008, Akash Chopra described Virat Kohli as the guy who he rates very highly; and the one to watch out for in the Delhi team, and Virat hadn't even played in the U-19 WC then. And despite all the media frenzy, he has been a standout performer in the last 3 years. And agewise, Sachin did his commercials at a younger age than Chand. This book is a new development though, and I suspect it's happened because Chand kept on stating that he has maintained a diary of the whole U-19 WC. The publishers have probably just edited it and put that into print. I don't see other cricketers doing the same; otherwise someone like Kohli would have written 3-4 books by now, on 3-4 different topics.

Titled - How To Be a Crowd Favorite :cantstop:

[G_B_]

Even I pinch myself' date=' despite being a Mumbai fan, how do they produce such quality players? The same can be said for New South Wales in Australia.[/quote'] To be fair NSW are like 33% of the aussie population. Plus a very good climate where you can potentially play cricket all year round. Mumbai metropolitan area is like 6% of the population of India. As cricket spreads to every corner of India via good infra its going to be harder and harder for mumbai to produce regular India players.

[deathmonger]

To be fair NSW are like 33% of the aussie population. Plus a very good climate where you can potentially play cricket all year round. Mumbai metropolitan area is like 6% of the population of India. As cricket spreads to every corner of India via good infra its going to be harder and harder for mumbai to produce regular India players.

True. This can be seen in the emergence of all these small town kids - Pujara, Dhoni, Bhuvi, Shami, Zak, Jadeja etc. Compared to earlier where everyone was from Bombay, Delhi, Bangalore, Madras etc.

[JagunSingh]

Not bad, can't wait to see this kid in another 5 or 6 years.

[rkt.india]

Did he do well there?

"Five years ago, we were playing a match at the MIG. They put him to bat and he scored 73 against us and I said this is a very, very special boy. I met his father and I told him I will sponsor him. You don't see talent like that everyday at such a young age. I told him he should come to England one day," said Wood a few months ago.

[rkt.india]

Mumbai has four of them now - Jaffer' date=' Zol, Shaw and Khan. Hope all of them don't play for Mumbai together. Reminds me of Manjrekar, Sachin, Kambli and Muzumdar in a way. :nervous:[/quote'] Zol plays for Maharashtra.

[SLICKR392]

"Five years ago' date=' we were playing a match at the MIG. They put him to bat and he scored 73 against us and I said this is a very, very special boy. I met his father and I told him I will sponsor him. You don't see talent like that everyday at such a young age. I told him he should come to England one day," said Wood a few months ago.[/quote'] Nice. He was interviewed by NDTV today.

[gaurav92]

Wish him all the luck !

[CG]

Sports management firms bat for young cricket talents like Prithvi Shaw

NEW DELHI: Prithvi Shaw, Indian cricket's latest boy wonder, is a hot commodity among sports management firms. In his short career, the 14-year-old batsman has already been represented by two sports management firms — first by former India spinner Nilesh Kulkarni-run firm, NSE, and now by the Professional Management Group. Shaw is not the only one. Firms like Rhiti Sports and Gaames Unlimited , in addition to the Professional Management Group, are signing up a bunch of cricketers as young as 14 to nurture them and up their game, with an eventual eye on an India cap and the commercials that usually follow. "It's like a venture capital fund investing in a bunch of ambitious startups not knowing which one will succeed, but even if one makes it big, their returns are made," says Indranil Das Blah, chief operating officer of sports management company Kwan. Rhiti Sports, which manages India captain MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha and Suresh Raina, is close to signing .. Rhiti Sports aims to sign up at least five talented players in their teens and nurture them. Gaames Unlimited, which manages seniors like R Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane and Umesh Yadav, works with 17-year-old all-rounder Tanay Tyagarajan from Hyderabad , 20-year-old Siddhesh Lad from Mumbai and 19-year-old Baba Indrajith from Chennai as well as his twin brother Baba Aparajith who played a big part in the India Under-19 team's World Cup victory in 2012.

Read more at: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/26173434.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst If he has any brains sign up with rhiti.

[Scarves]

Pfft where was my bat when I scored 30 runs hungover? Yeah so unfair.