From Virar to Mount Maunganui: The ‘difficult’ journey of Prithvi Shaw

Prithvi Shaw on Monday termed his journey from Virar to Mount Maunganui a “difficult” one and said words can never express the emotions that he felt while guiding the Indian U-19 team to World Cup glory.

“Becoming World Cup captain I can’t express in words the feeling and thanks to everyone,” said Shaw, who guided the Indian team to its record fourth World Cup title after beating Australia at Mount Maunganui in the final.

“It was a difficult journey for me starting where I used to live in Virar. All credit to my dad he was the only who took me (everywhere). He used to take me to matches practices and it was far away from my home in Virar.”

Shaw comes from Virar, a small town in Palghar district near Mumbai and the youngster walked down memory lane and retraced his journey from his hometown to New Zealand.

“It used to take two hours, the journey from the train and it was difficult in those days. In the past two-three years I am working hard to play for India Under 19,” said Shaw, who scored a hundred in Ranji and Duleep Trophy debut.

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