Prithvi shaw etched his name in the history books as he blasted a 99-ball century on debut, on Day 1 of the first Test in Rajkot on Thursday.
Shaw took 99 balls to reach his hundred and joined the league of extraordinary gentlemen to achieve the feat in their debut Test.
At 18 years and 329 days, Shaw became second youngest batsman after Sachin Tendulkar (17 years, 107 days) to score a Test hundred. In fact, Shaw is also the youngest of 15 debut centurions for India in Test cricket.
Shaw had shot to prominence with a record-breaking 546 off 330 balls in school cricket as a 14-year-old. Over the years,
he fulfilled the early promise and went on to score a hundred on debut in Ranji Trophy - during a semi-final for Mumbai against Tamil Nadu.
He now happens to be the only man with a hundred on debut in Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Test cricket.
The 293nd Indian to don the Test cap for India, the people of Mumbai have always been proud of the 'little' one. And after one of their very own flourished on the international stage, the Mumbai Police applauded Shaw's efforts with a witty tweet.
"From our 100 to yours! It's always a good start... the very best to you," they tweeted.
With his scintillating hundred on debut, Shaw has joined the likes of famous Indian batsmen: Lala Amarnath, Deepak Shodhan, AG Kripal Singh, Abbas Ali Baig, Hanumant Singh, Gundappa Vishwanath, Surender Amarnath, Mohammad Azharuddin, Pravin Amre, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma.
After the match, Shaw dedicated his debut hundred to his hero - his dad.
"I was thinking about Dad, as he has sacrificed a lot for me.... My first hundred.. it's all for him. Whenever I score, I score for him," Shaw told the official broadcasters at the end of the day.