Shaw joins 'elite club' after being named Man of the Series

Shaw batted three times in a two-match series in which he scored 237 runs with a century and a half century. He currently averages 118.5, which is currently the highest in the longest format of the game

India's 18-year-old debutant Prithvi Shaw won the hearts of all the cricketing fans around the world by his batting performance in the two-match Test series against the West Indies. Shaw, who has already made several records in Tests, was chosen the Man of the Series for his excellent batting. With this award, he became the fourth Indian and 10th player of the world to become the Man of the Series in a first Test series.

"It was a happy moment for me and finishing the game for India means a lot for me. It is my first series, winning 2-0 and winning the man of the series makes it all the more special," said Shaw.

Shaw batted three times in a two-match series in which he scored 237 runs with a century and a half century. He currently averages 118.5, which is currently the highest in the longest format of the game. In the first Test played at Rajkot, Shaw scored 134 runs and became the youngest batsman in India to score a century on debut in the longest format of the game.

Even in the first innings of the second Test, Prithvi played brilliantly and smashed the West Indies bowlers all over the field. He scored 70 runs in 53 balls, including 11 fours and one six. In the second innings, he scored an unbeaten 33 runs, including four fours.

The 18-year-old was awarded Man of the Series for his special and aggressive batting. Earlier, in 2011 Ravichandran Ashwin and Rohit Sharma in 2013 got Man of the Series in the debut test. 

List of Players who won the Man of the series award in their very first series

Sourav Ganguly vs Eng, 1996

Jacques Rudolph vs Ban, 2003

Stuart Clark vs SA, 2006

Ajantha Mendis vs Ind, 2008

Ravichandran Ashwin vs WI, 2011

Vernon Philander vs Aus, 2011

James Pattinson vs NZ, 2011

Rohit Sharma vs WI, 2013

Mehedi Hasan vs Eng, 2016

Prithvi Shaw v WI, 2018