India, June 26 -- The year was 2014. A 15-year-old Prithvi Shaw was bursting onto the scene. Two years into his teenage years, Shaw was scoring runs left, right and centre. Whichever tournament he played, Shaw set it on fire, to the extent that at such a young age, he was branded as the 'next Sachin Tendulkar' of India. Audacious, right? We'd think that too. But honestly, the child prodigy that he was, coming from humble beginnings, Shaw's potential put him on the road to greatness. In 2013, Shaw made headlines when he smashed 546 in a Harris Shield game, and four years later, he hit a century on his Ranji Trophy debut.

And for the longest time, he was coming true to those expectations. At 18, Shaw, who led India to Under-19 World Cup wi...