Prajwal Pansare with Naeem Kalu Khan, 14, an ace spinner, who is training at the shelter home

When wielding his cricket bat, Prajwal Pansare, 16, is a different person. Otherwise reticent, Pansare, a right-handed batsman, oozes confidence when smashing the balls for fours and sixes -- a feat that has elevated him to demigod status at the Chembur Children's Home in Mankhurd, where he resides.