Prithvi Shaw was once seen as the next big thing in Indian cricket. At the age of only 15, he was breaking the records, and at the age of 18, he was taking India to win the Under -19 World Cup. After a century after his Test debut, many people believed that a star was born. But the success came fast, and so distracted.Shaw admitted that he lost attention: wrong friends, poor decisions, and disappearance discipline gradually pulled him away from cricket. Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!He began to quit longing for long practice and preferred wrong things. His career took a hit: He was removed from the Mumbai Ranji team and was unsold in the IPL 2025 auction.Amid silence, a voice was strong: Sachin Tendulkar. Cricket legend, who saw Shaw growing up with his son Arjun, was standing near him when he did.“Sachin sir knows about my journey. Arjun and I are friends since we were 8-9 years old. We have played together, grown up together. Sir was sometimes there. I had a word with him some time ago. Rarely hardly 2 months ago. He was practicing on MiG. And I was also talking to him.”
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“When things get angry and you get swept away, you need a mentor who can illuminate a spark in you. He still believes in me. He said ‘Prithvi, I still believe in you, and I will continue to do so. And it means a lot.”
The words hoped him.Now 25, Shaw is trying to turn around. He has left Mumbai cricket and joined Maharashtra to start fresh. He is open about his past and is working hard again, hoping what was lost once.Whether or not it marks the beginning of a full return, one thing is clear: Shaw is no longer running with his mistakes – he is facing them. And in his corner with Sachin such as legends, he got a real shot in redemption.
