Cricket News Today, 3rd October 2018: Manjrekar slammed for his tweet, Shaw's debut and more
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Prithvi Shaw to debut as India name 12-man squad
Prithvi Shaw, at 18 years, is all set to become India's second youngest opener ever, after Vijay Mehra in 1955, after he was named in the 12-man squad for the first Test against West Indies at Rajkot.
Having made his first-class debut in the same city early last year, Shaw's meteoric rise in Mumbai cricket has been well-documented and he will make his debut in the opening Test of the two-game series.
"I'm feeling very good, a bit nervous but when I came to the dressing room everyone like, like over here there is no senior or junior Virat bhai and Ravi sir told me and it felt really nice, I was really comfortable," Shaw told the BCCI in an interview.
It was also a breaking of tradition for the Indian team, who announced a 12-man squad for the first time a day ahead of the start of the series.